It is surprising that it has prevailed against all the billion dollar companies and their hatred for it. The many people making, maintaining and testing the kernel and all the applications should be applauded.
Looked it up and apparently that quote was from 2001, and it was specifically about GPL code infecting their precious intellectual properly. Does sound like classic Ballmer though!
it still surprises me that something like linux exists.
It is surprising that it has prevailed against all the billion dollar companies and their hatred for it. The many people making, maintaining and testing the kernel and all the applications should be applauded.
Which billion dollar companies hate Linux? The likes of Microsoft and Google actively contribute to it and make money from it!
They were calling it a cancer just a decade ago. Now they can’t ignore it.
Looked it up and apparently that quote was from 2001, and it was specifically about GPL code infecting their precious intellectual properly. Does sound like classic Ballmer though!
And it’s all because Richard Stallman got pissed off at Xerox.
I mean, who wouldn’t? Two sounds for X in one name? Surely it’s eckserocks or its zeroz. Make up your darn mind!
Imagine if it was called Pacific Ocean, which has 3 different sounds for C!!