Was Torvalds Really Happy To Be At Brainshare?

According to the headlines, it sure seemed like Linus Torvalds was putting his stamp of approval on Novell’s Linux-or-bust strategy when he made a
surprise appearance at Novell’s Brainshare developers’ conference this week. But according to Network Computing’s man-on-the-spot, Ron Anderson, in
reality Torvalds seemed a tad uncomfortable in his role as token spokesman.