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