Thanks to Hari for this
link.
“In a move sure to send shock waves through the free
software/open-source community, Linus Torvalds, creator of the
Linux operating system, announced today that he is founding
LinuxSoft, a new company that will specialize in selling “enhanced”
proprietary versions of Linux.”
“LinuxSoft will be a joint venture between leading Linux vendors
Red Hat, VA Research and LinuxCare. Torvalds announced it has
already obtained venture capital funding from Silicon Valley’s
premier VC firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.”
“In Redmond, Microsoft announced that Free Software Foundation
founder Richard Stallman had accepted the new position of Senior
Vice President for Ideology.”