“His Linux operating system may be going from strength to
strength. And that’s a good thing, because Linus Torvalds has
little future as a speaker for hire.
“Dramatically billed as “the most in-demand cyber-celebrity in
the world today” at Wednesday’s Lotus Developers’ Conference 99,
Torvalds thoroughly bored a full house of Lotus developers gathered
to hear his keynote.”
“Instead of a string of clever wisecracks and laughs at the
expense of Microsoft, as most expected, the audience was subjected
to 40 minutes of platitudes.”