Letter to the Editor: Setback for Linux

Forbes' website's feedback form gives no indication of a successful
submission, so... you all have my permission to publish this:
 
    http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/05/25/cz_dl_0525linux...
 
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Daniel Lyons seems to be in the habit of being late, and dead wrong.
 
Here, the kernel developers (and specifically Linus) developed a
replacement tool in a matter of days or weeks, which is more closely
tailored to their way of doing things and therefore - at least in
principle - going to be even more effective than BK at maintaining
Linux's pace and security.
 
To the delight of many of the kernel hackers and onlookers, Linux is now
both ahead of the game and free of any proprietary encumbrances.
 
Daniel must have a deep-seated misunderstanding of how Open Source works
or is carrying a chip on his shoulder if he can spin that rather
excellent news to be somehow negative. And it seems to have taken him
more than a month to do it.
 
Perhaps he can do a story on how it took Microsoft years longer than
Linux to run reliably 64 bits wide on AMD's chips? I'd be interested to
see how long it takes him find a negative in that for Linux. It's an
odd spectator sport, I admit, but harmless and predictable.
 
Cheers; Leon
Perth, Western Australia
 
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