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VARBusiness: Torvalds To Microsoft: Talk Is Cheap

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 6, 1999

“Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds has a message for
Microsoft Corp. executives who hinted that Windows source code may
soon be made available: Talk is cheap.”

Asked to comment on whether Microsoft would make available
its own Windows source code as some Microsoft executives have
hinted in the past year, Torvalds said: “I’d like to start with
talk is cheap. As a theoretical question, I’d be happy to see more
and more people [releasing] open source code.
I am not
convinced that Sun [Microsystems Inc.] community license is a good
license, but it is a step in the right direction. If Microsoft were
to open up [Windows source code], I’d be more than thrilled.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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