”Microsoft hatred is a disease” So Says Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds made this statement during a Linux News interview published this week. I agree and the same is true about Apple hatred or for that matter hatred in general. The basis for the interview was to get the father of Linux reaction to Microsoft's donation of 20,000 lines of driver code to the Linux community. Of course this donation was not altruistic, Microsoft sees Linux as pain in their behind, but they saw an opportunity to help their Hyper V product line by providing better virtualization support in Linux. A win-win situation for both environments. However, some in the Linux community see this as nefarious and that Microsoft must have planted some malware in the code. Let's get real, some of Microsoft's largest customers run Linux and they need to support those customers if they want their business. For individuals to really think that the hate must be so strong that it has turned into a disease. Linus is right on the mark.

 

Comments

[Chris Carlin]

Microsoft has done similar things in the past. Sure it's wrong to hate the company irrationally, but knowing the company's track record, skepticism and caution are founded.

[Stephen Skarlatos]

Chris,

I agree that a dose of skepticism and caution is in order but it should not equate hate. Hate benefits no one.