On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:27:55 +0930
"Adam Hawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > I recently wrote Linus Torvalds asking why I don't see his name
> > listed on the OpenBSD donations page
> > (http://www.openbsd.org/donations.html), since I figured he uses
> > OpenSSH.
> 
> Apart from the fact that was a private email from Linus to you and you
> broadcast it publically (if you really did email him and he really did
> reply) who cares what Linus thinks?
> 
> He is over there with his little chubby baby called Linux.  He's like
> any other parent.  He thinks his chubby wrinkly bubby is the best one.
> Let him have that - his chubby baby is a damned sight better behaved
> than the babies of a certain ugly commercial parent.

Which commercial *NIX that's still alive is more of a security thread
and covered with the same level of stability problems as GNU/Linux? One
really stops counting remote exploits for GNU/Linux very soon,
otherwise one would have to dedicate one's whole life to do so, it's
that time consuming.

> If Linus comes in here and starts demanding features be added to
> OpenSSH then you can pull him up on whether he donates or not.  Until
> then live and let live.
> 
> (and what Damian said)
> 
> A

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