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“Andrew Tridgell has made his first public comments on the
dispute between himself and Linux originator Linus Torvalds over
source code management for the Linux kernel, describing much of the
coverage and commentary on the issue as ‘trivial and crazy…'”“‘I think people will look at this issue a little more clearly
when the mystery is removed,’ Tridgell said during a keynote
presentation at Linux.conf.au 2005 in Canberra. Focus on the
personality dispute was ‘obscuring clear thought on this,’ he
added…”
Related Links:
Groklaw:
Tridge Speaks A Groklaw reader at Linux.conf.au details
Tridgell explanation of his “reverse engineering.”
ZDNet
UK: BitKeeper: No Holds Barred Open Source Infighting
Jeremy Allison, pundits weigh in for and against Tridgell’s
actions.
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