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Calum:
once more the secretive cunt strikes back. why is this being allowed to continue?

also, Ctrl, i have to say, first of all Linux Torvalds is NOT responsible for any of the GNU/Linux operating system except the kernel. Unless i am sorely mistaken, you will have never actually interacted with the kernel yourself so you will not know about any of Mr Torvalds' actual work, only his reputation.
Also, none of the GNU/Linux software is "products". If you really think like that, maybe you should just keep using windows.

Ctrl Alt Del 123:
You are right, Linus created the Linux Kernel for a school project (I believe) which happened to spread, nothing much else (to my awareness, correct me if I'm wrong). I know that.

However, he built the core. As for not actually using any of hsi work, this is also true. I haven't yet. But plan to do so real soon, I got another computer and will use that. But I have read his interviews and bios for research, as well as Bill Gates interviews and such. I don't have to use his work to get an basic understanding of him.

"Also, none of the GNU/Linux software is "products"." What do you mean by this? Do you mean that Linux is not a product? I think it is. The GNU is not, it's an agreement of keeping the source open and agreeing to some terms. I don't know exactly what it states, but know about it.

And your last sentence was very insulting, even from a moderator. You yourself wasn't born as good and intellectual in Linux as you are now. You start off knowing nothing about it and get introduced into it.

Master of Reality:
A product is something that is being sold by a company. There is no real company developing GNU/Linux and nothing being sold, as its free.

Ctrl Alt Del 123:
Which is what I said.

Calum:
ctrl i didn't mean to insult you, and let's get it straight, i am not a moderator unless i say so specifically in the post. What i say here are totally my own opinions.

Anyway, as i say, i just meant that the GNU stuff is anti products entirely. If a product comes out (say it's KDE for example) then the free software foundation will retort by bringing out a program (it was GNOME) which does the same thing, but free and open source. In this case, GNOME wasn't actually the same and a lot of people still prefer KDE, and anyway it's open source nowadays anyway. But the point is, if you want to do something, but you cannot get the source code for the tools you need to do it, then you will have to resort to buying products. This should not be your only option, you should be able to choose between open source or products or a combination for everything.

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