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> I work on the team doing Visual Studio's Tools for Apache Cordova. Ten years ago my head would have imploded reading that. I remember distinctly balmer sayin
by goalieca 12y ago
> I work on the team doing Visual Studio's Tools for Apache Cordova.
Ten years ago my head would have imploded reading that. I remember distinctly balmer saying that linux was a cancer.
- Max_Mustermann 12y agoWhat were his arguments against Linux? I've never anyone actually speak ill of the concept of GNU/Linux, aside from "cookiness" and so.
- caryhartline 12y agoI think the "cancer" part has to do with the GPL.
- Qwertious 12y agoIt's GPL'd, and any GPL'd code "infects" any codebase it's merged with (unlike MIT/Apache license).
- tormeh 12y agoI don't really get why that's important. Just because the kernel is GPL'd doesn't mean the drivers, WM etc. have to be. That's kinda been my vision for how Linux may succeed on desktops/laptops. The GPL'd Linux kernel with almost everything else closed source. I realize I'm just describing Android.
- Matumio 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents