Father of Gentoo Linux now works for Microsoft

system · June 14, 2005, 8:51am

http://www.gentoo.org/news/20050613-drobbins.xml

So the guy who made Gentoo now works for MS. Another step in the right direction for MS i says.

5Abi · June 14, 2005, 8:56am

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hahahha are you the PR guy at M$ ?

pagaldeewani · June 14, 2005, 10:17am

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no bro he is bill gate’s side kick

5Abi · June 14, 2005, 10:18am

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aik hi baat hui na :>

TofiBaba · June 14, 2005, 1:57pm

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Maybe that’s how M$ has gotten the update service so streamlined.

system · June 14, 2005, 3:37pm

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I am as much the MS PR guy as most folks are Linux PR Reps :)

Najim · June 14, 2005, 5:32pm

Re: Father of Gentoo Linux now works for Microsoft

[QUOTE]

  Gentoo founder and former Gentoo Chief Architect Daniel Robbins began a new     position at Microsoft on 23 May 2005.  According to drobbins: "I'm helping     Microsoft to understand Open Source and community-based projects."  While     in the midst of hastily packing to move to Redmond, drobbins nonetheless     managed to find the time to finalize the transfer of Gentoo's intellectual     property (essentially copyrights on ebuilds and other software as well as     soon-to-be trademarked Gentoo logos) to the not-for-profit Gentoo     Foundation, Inc.

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Though he joined MS, nevertheless .. he saved his rear end .....

Though I am working in Solaris (or Unix Machines) for last 10 years as consultant etc .. but I have worked for 2 years & 4 moths in Microsoft UK myself .... working for a company is a different to what you actually are. I was the guy who had a Linux workstation (desktop) in Microsoft Building in Thames Valley, they shouted about it abut never forced me to use MS .. although I used MS on my the laptop they gave me but stayed with Linux on the desktop.

faizy · June 15, 2005, 6:05pm

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najim ko kandhon par utha kar wah wah salaamat ka juloos nikaaling

(;))

Bandoostaa · June 16, 2005, 3:18am

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Speaking of Linux PR Reps, you guys remember Linus Torvalds first-ever comments about Linux?

From: [email protected] (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll for my new operating system
Message-ID: [email protected]
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

Hello everybody out there using minix -

I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like any feedback on
things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
among other things).

I’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, and
I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them
           Linus ([email protected])
PS. Yes - it’s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that’s all I have :-(.

Talk about being humble!