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Re: Is this actually from Linus?

Posted Sep 11, 2003 16:42 UTC (Thu) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to: Is this actually from Linus? by willy
Parent article: Linus responds to SCO

Why do you say that? Have you read Linus' messages before? It sounds
exactly like him. If this is a forgery the person did a good job.

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Posted Sep 11, 2003 17:14 UTC (Thu) by willy (subscriber, #9762) [Link]

> Why do you say that? Have you read Linus' messages before? It sounds
> exactly like him. If this is a forgery the person did a good job.

Yes, I'm a kernel hacker myself, so I hang on his every word ;-)
That doesn't stop me walking straight past him in the street ...
until my wife said "Who was that guy who was smiling at you funny?"
*sigh*.

One of the things that strikes me as inauthentic about this text is
the constant use of "we". Linus is normally very particular about
only speaking for himself.

Re: Is this actually from Linus?

Posted Sep 11, 2003 17:15 UTC (Thu) by danielpf (subscriber, #4723) [Link]

I am not used to see so much deference from Linus:

"Thank you so much for your letter."
"Until then, please accept our gratitude for your submission,"
"Yours truly,"

I know the letter style is supposed to be ironic, but still,
Linus usual prose is factual, goes straight to the point, and
is not bound by such conventional forms.

Dan