Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 19, 2004 01:58 PM
Yes and No.
While something could be "technically correct", the effect it has on people is more important. Saying that Linus didn't invent Linux (thus implying that he stole the code), could be correct, but it's also something called "twisting the truth".
So, is Linux the "UNIX ideas and methods"? Or is it the actual kernel code? Because if it's the second, the Linus *did* invent Linux - of course, with the help of many people.
This is like saying that Mozart didn't invent his music. Of course, he took ideas from many places (hey! music has thousands of years of evolution!), so if someone tells me that this great composer didn't create his work because he took harmony, ryhtm and themes from other previous works, well, that doesn't make sense to me.
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Re:Some truth in it
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 19, 2004 01:58 PMWhile something could be "technically correct", the effect it has on people is more important. Saying that Linus didn't invent Linux (thus implying that he stole the code), could be correct, but it's also something called "twisting the truth".
So, is Linux the "UNIX ideas and methods"? Or is it the actual kernel code? Because if it's the second, the Linus *did* invent Linux - of course, with the help of many people.
This is like saying that Mozart didn't invent his music. Of course, he took ideas from many places (hey! music has thousands of years of evolution!), so if someone tells me that this great composer didn't create his work because he took harmony, ryhtm and themes from other previous works, well, that doesn't make sense to me.
Perceptions rule the world!
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