<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Perhaps that's because Torvalds cares about people, computers and freedom whereas Gates, Ballmer, Jobs <span style="font-style: italic;">et al</span> are just 'money-grubbing gringoes'.<br><br>I've not seen this in a while, so I'll say it again; 'In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?'<br><br>Bob M.<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 28/10/09, Michael Leuty <i><mike@leuty.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Michael Leuty <mike@leuty.net><br>Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Linus Torvalds Gives Windows 7 a Thumbs Up<br>To: "Notts GNU/Linux Users Group" <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>Date: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009, 12:09 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 23:21 +0000, Martin wrote:<br>> Excellent fun!<br>> Now if
Steve Ballmer could be so relaxed... <br><br>It's quite a contrast, isn't it. Steve is so keen to put Linux down and<br>preserve his company's profits at all costs. While Linus doesn't care<br>about the money, says sensible things and refuses to insult Microsoft.<br>He holds real authority.<br><br>-- <br>Michael Leuty<br>Nottingham, UK<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Nottingham mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" href="/mc/compose?to=Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</a><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>