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Linus Torvalds winner of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize

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Re: Linus Torvalds winner of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize

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Post by rikthevik »

jmilloy wrote: post #10
davidw wrote: post #7

The text is pretty bad for such a prestigious thing: > Linus Torvalds said: > “Software is too important in the modern world not to be developed through open sources. "Sources"? I bet he didn't say that. This bit is even worse if you're at all familiar with tech: > What the selection committee said about this year’s Laureates > Linus Torvalds > “In recognition of the unprejudiced creation of a new open source operati…

1. I agree it sounds a little abnormal, but it makes sense to me. Why are you so quick to write "open sources" off as error (or fabrication)? 2. from google re: exploit - 1. Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource): "500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology".

Both `open sources` and `exploited` have precise meanings in this context. A quick proofread by someone familiar with Linus would have removed these two mistakes.

Re: Linus Torvalds winner of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize

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Post by pavanky »

davidw wrote: post #7

The text is pretty bad for such a prestigious thing: > Linus Torvalds said: > “Software is too important in the modern world not to be developed through open sources. "Sources"? I bet he didn't say that. This bit is even worse if you're at all familiar with tech: > What the selection committee said about this year’s Laureates > Linus Torvalds > “In recognition of the unprejudiced creation of a new open source operati…

I am guessing the conversation may have taken in finnish. Linux is(was?) Finnish after all. Some words just do not translate well.

Re: Linus Torvalds winner of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize

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Post by davidw »

pavanky wrote: post #37
davidw wrote: post #7

The text is pretty bad for such a prestigious thing: > Linus Torvalds said: > “Software is too important in the modern world not to be developed through open sources. "Sources"? I bet he didn't say that. This bit is even worse if you're at all familiar with tech: > What the selection committee said about this year’s Laureates > Linus Torvalds > “In recognition of the unprejudiced creation of a new open source operati…

I am guessing the conversation may have taken in finnish. Linux is(was?) Finnish after all. Some words just do not translate well.

When I write in Italian, I get a native speaker to double check it because I know I make errors. And generally I write for things that are not nearly so prestigious.

Re: Linus Torvalds winner of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize

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Post by why-el »

possibilistic wrote: post #25
Deestan wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And server configuration snapshots.

And definitely dotfiles. Keeps all my machines in sync as I like them.

and all my papers. :) I use git for managing word docs at school.

Re: Linus Torvalds winner of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize

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Post by chimeracoder »

jkn wrote: post #19
kleiba wrote: post #12

In recognition of his creation of a new open source operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel. Couldn't help but think of RMS and the GNU operating system when I read this sentence.

They got it backwards, it should read: In recognition of his creation of a new open source kernel leading to the widely used Linux-based operating systems for computers.

Yeah - even though rms would still complain about that sentence, the first version is just painfully wrong. Why bother to distinguish between the OS and the kernel if you're going to attribute the former to the wrong person? It's not like the kernel is named after him or anything!
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