[aclug-L] Re: There are still some monkeys in the CEO chair

["Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "jeffrey l koehn" <caveman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:40 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] There are still some monkeys in the CEO chair


> Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft says:
> "Linux itself is a clone of an operating system that is 20-plus
> years old. That's what it is. That is what you can get today, a
> clone of a 20-year-old system. I'm not saying that it doesn't have
> some place for some customers, but that is not an innovative
> proposition."
> "Some people say it is an advantage that Linux gets built in all of
> these little pieces. The fact is that if you want to do some kind
> of integrated innovation that touches the kernel, that touches the
> user interface--there is no way. Maybe Linus (Torvalds) can control
> the innovation in the piece called the kernel, but there are many
> pieces."
>
> Of course, the "piece called the kernel" is Linux and
> Linux is not an operating system, nor is Linux a clone.

Uhm... but Linux is a clone.

Ballmer's statement is mostly accurate--his conclusions are faulty, though.
1) Linux is a clone of an operating system that is more along the lines of
30-40 years old (which technically can be "20-plus years old").  2) Windows
itself is a clone of an operating system that is a clone of an operating
system 20-plus years old.  :)

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