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

[jeffrey l koehn <caveman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 26 April 2003 10:55 pm, you wrote:
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> From: "jeffrey l koehn" <caveman@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> 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."

> Ballmer's statement is mostly accurate-
There Is nothing accurate it what he is saying.
1. Linux is not a clone.
2. Linux is the Kernel.
3. Linux began in 1991 without any Unix code.
4. Linux is GPL and Unix, FreeBSD is not GPL.
5. A Linux operating system is a Distro
    which is composed of lhe Linux Kernel,
    interface and applications.
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