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Re: Is this actually from Linus?

Re: Is this actually from Linus?

Posted Sep 11, 2003 17:14 UTC (Thu) by willy (subscriber, #9762)
In reply to: Re: Is this actually from Linus? by Ross
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.

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.


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