Da un articolo segnalato in un commento (n.15) sull’ultimo approfondimento di Webnews:
I’m a big believer in “technology over politics”. I don’t care who it comes from, as long as there are solid reasons for the code, and as long as we don’t have to worry about licensing etc issues.
I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease. I believe in open development, and that very much involves not just making the source open, but also not shutting other people and companies out.
There are ‘extremists’ in the free software world, but that’s one major reason why I don’t call what I do ‘free software’ any more. I don’t want to be associated with the people for whom it’s about exclusion and hatred.
Così Linus Torvalds: l’odio per Microsoft è una malattia, e lui non vuole essere associato a questa corrente di pensiero. L’estremismo non paga, occorre pragmatismo e sviluppo: tagliare fuori altre compagnie non è un approccio adeguato al problema.
Pagine e pagine di discussioni “anti-Microzozz”, insomma, mandate in fumo dal numero uno del mondo Linux.
Opinione forte. Parole pesanti.