InfoWorld: Linus Torvalds says open source not a guarantee of success | Linux Today

InfoWorld: Linus Torvalds says open source not a guarantee of success

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 7, 1999

“In a question-and-answer session here at Internet World Expo on
Wednesday, Linux inventor Linus Torvalds chided competitors
Microsoft. and Sun Microsystems.”

“Torvalds said Sun’s recent half-step towards making its
Solaris operating system open-source will not be
effective…

“Asked about Microsoft’s recent rumblings that the company might
make some of its products open-source and what that would mean to
the Linux market, Torvalds said he would like to see it happen but
was not hopeful about such a prospect.”


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