Linux creator Linus Torvalds gives Windows 7 a thumbs up

(1 reply) #1 a1ien on 23 Oct 2009 - 13:58

+1 I'm going to make less fun of Penguins now

#1.1 thenonhacker on 24 Oct 2009 - 03:49

To All Those Comments Below That Say The Pic Was Sarcastic:

1. No he wasn't. His smile looks genuine, it's Not a smirk.

2. If you thought that smile is that sarcastic, you are most likely POOR in detecting body language properly.

3. Or you are just in denial.

4. There is no "/s"

5. In truth: Deep inside, Linus wants to join the Windows 8 & 9 Kernel Team. /s

#2 JohnSK on 23 Oct 2009 - 13:58

Finally a worthy OS from MS (since XP)..

(1 reply) #3 mmck on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:01

It would have been funnier taking a picture of him buying a copy.

#3.1 Faisal Islam on 24 Oct 2009 - 13:24

+1

(3 replies) #4 Neoauld on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:03

hes a good guy, at least hes not apple and trying to make a stink over it

#4.1 HeartsOfWar on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:39

Neoauld said,

hes a good guy, at least hes not apple and trying to make a stink over it

Have you ever seen or watched Linus Torvalds in person give a speech? He's seriously arrogant, and unprofessional with his quips.

Some banter is healthy, maybe even cool, but Linus acts like a pre-teen most times; however, Linux is awesome, so maybe he deserves a little latitude...

#4.2 ir0nw0lf on 23 Oct 2009 - 19:33

HeartsOfWar said,

Have you ever seen or watched Linus Torvalds in person give a speech? He's seriously arrogant, and unprofessional with his quips.

Some banter is healthy, maybe even cool, but Linus acts like a pre-teen most times; however, Linux is awesome, so maybe he deserves a little latitude...

From the general reading I have done on the net, he sounds like he thinks Linux is *so* awesome that he'd pour syrup over it and make sweet love to it LOL. It's not *that* awesome. (And yes, I do run some Linux servers)

#4.3 Jugalator on 24 Oct 2009 - 08:12

ir0nw0lf said,

HeartsOfWar said,

Have you ever seen or watched Linus Torvalds in person give a speech? He's seriously arrogant, and unprofessional with his quips.

Some banter is healthy, maybe even cool, but Linus acts like a pre-teen most times; however, Linux is awesome, so maybe he deserves a little latitude...

From the general reading I have done on the net, he sounds like he thinks Linux is *so* awesome that he'd pour syrup over it and make sweet love to it LOL. It's not *that* awesome. (And yes, I do run some Linux servers)

It's in a way good that he thinks that though. He needs to feel strongly for his project, for it to be as good as possible.

(8 replies) #5 cabron on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:07

It will be funny if Steve Jobs do the same thing

#5.1 Lechio on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:52

cabron said,

It will be funny if Steve Jobs do the same thing

The nutjob? You serious?
He would probably trash the store... LOL

#5.2 Brendando on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:32

No, he wouldn't go to the store.

#5.3 GP007 on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:50

He'd send his apple faithful in to trash the store? It only takes one word from their great leader you know.

#5.4 nekrosoft13 on 23 Oct 2009 - 21:00

GP007 said,

He'd send his apple faithful in to trash the store? It only takes one word from their great leader you know.

you mean the cult followers?

#5.5 Lechio on 23 Oct 2009 - 22:04

Ermm... For some reason I've read Steve Ballmer, not Jobs. Jobs is actually a good person, sorry.

#5.6 carmatic on 24 Oct 2009 - 10:00

Lechio said,

The nutjob? You serious?

huh? Steve Nuts? who you talkin about?

#5.7 Lechio on 24 Oct 2009 - 18:52

carmatic said,

huh? Steve Nuts? who you talkin about?

Ballmer, the nutjob is Ballmer. It's corrected abouve.

#5.8 GreyWolfSC on 25 Oct 2009 - 13:50

They're both whacked, no need to argue... ;P

(7 replies) #6 babyHacker on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:07

Now if the Linux fanboys were as reasonable as this guy, the world would be a better place. Hell, Linux would probably get further along too if they did not spend so much time bickering about MS.

#6.1 pc_tool on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:10

babyHacker said,

Now if the Linux fanboys were as reasonable as this guy, the world would be a better place. Hell, Linux would probably get further along too if they did not spend so much time bickering about MS.

Now if the Windows fanboys were as reasonable as this guy, the world would be a better place. Hell, Windows would probably get further along too if they did not spend so much time bickering about Apple, Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc...

#6.2 Elessar on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:40

pc_tool said,

Now if the Windows fanboys were as reasonable as this guy, the world would be a better place. Hell, Windows would probably get further along too if they did not spend so much time bickering about Apple, Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc...

Um...Windows is the #1 OS in the world...I don't really see how it could get further along, especially considering Europe pretty much has a vendetta against MS and anything they make.

#6.3 zeke009 on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:50

babyHacker said,

Now if the Linux fanboys were as reasonable as this guy, the world would be a better place. Hell, Linux would probably get further along too if they did not spend so much time bickering about MS.

Now if everyone were reasonable and respected others choices and opinions, we wouldn't see so much of the internet wasted on stupid "my OS is better than your OS" rants. Mac, *nix, Win... who gives a ****. Do what you want, how you want, with what you want... just keep it legal.

#6.4 Night Prowler on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:09

babyHacker said,

Now if the Linux fanboys were as reasonable as this guy, the world would be a better place. Hell, Linux would probably get further along too if they did not spend so much time bickering about MS.

a LOT of Unix users simply complain becuse Windows has a price tag associated with it. If they could get Windows for FREE then all the hoopla and bickering would be almost non-existant. Bottom line; about 90% just feel that paying for anything is not reasonable, so the complain and bicker about it.

#6.5 GP007 on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:53

If something is worth it, I'll pay. I don't see why or how everything being free would somehow make things oh so great. How are the devs going to get paid? Firefox, as an example, got to where it is because they get money from Google for one, and other places as well. But it's because they get money, is the point.

#6.6 The Teej on 23 Oct 2009 - 22:29

Elessar said,

Um...Windows is the #1 OS in the world...I don't really see how it could get further along, especially considering Europe pretty much has a vendetta against MS and anything they make.

Don't get the EU and Europe confused, most of us Europeans love Windows! Especially me.

#6.7 Solid Knight on 25 Oct 2009 - 05:28

pc_tool said,

Now if the Windows fanboys were as reasonable as this guy, the world would be a better place. Hell, Windows would probably get further along too if they did not spend so much time bickering about Apple, Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc...

The Windows development team doesn't spend their time bickering about the competition. You fail.

#7 +techbeck on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:13

interesting....

#8 ccoltmanm on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:22

What a classy guy!

(6 replies) #9 Shadrack on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:46

The article seems to suggest that the thumbs up is sarcastic not supportive...

#9.1 GP007 on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:53

Who knows? Anyone ask him?

#9.2 kukubau on 23 Oct 2009 - 20:26

Shadrack said,

The article seems to suggest that the thumbs up is sarcastic not supportive...

Ask him! http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/71

#9.3 tiagosilva29 on 23 Oct 2009 - 20:53

The thumbs-up is sarcastic, and yes, we asked him.

#9.4 briangw on 23 Oct 2009 - 22:32

tiagosilva29 said,

The thumbs-up is sarcastic, and yes, we asked him.

Source???? It ain't on his blog!

#9.5 thenonhacker on 24 Oct 2009 - 04:15

tiagosilva29 said,

The thumbs-up is sarcastic, and yes, we asked him.

Impossible. I asked him, too, and he said it's Not sarcastic.

#9.6 tiagosilva29 on 25 Oct 2009 - 10:13

thenonhacker said,

Impossible. I asked him, too, and he said it's Not sarcastic.

You were the only one that did it right.

(2 replies) #10 rahvii on 23 Oct 2009 - 14:59

yeah what the hell, is sacastic or did he really like it?

#10.1 HeartsOfWar on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:03

See my comment further up...

Based on my experience with Linus, and the article background info, I think it's safe for me to say it was a sarcastic jab at MS...

#10.2 duneworld on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:46

Suppose it would have been useful/better if the title had reflected more obviously the intention that Linus had in doing this.

(2 replies) #11 The Grasshopper on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:06

where's the sarcasm?
A thumbs down with that big smile would have been sarcastic, but he's not doing that.
so, no sarcasm from Mr. Torvalds.
you lose, writer of the article.

#11.1 RealFduch on 23 Oct 2009 - 17:33

Read Linus' blog post about this. It really is sarcasm.

#11.2 TRC on 24 Oct 2009 - 03:15

How would a thumbs down be sarcastic? I don't think the word means what you think it means.

#12 Ansuza on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:15

Sarcastic smirk or not, at least he kept his mouth shut (so far).

(1 reply) #13 mindscape on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:18

OP is obviously biased. Linus has said good things about Microsoft in the past.

#13.1 GP007 on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:55

Linus has said good and bad things about everyone in the past I think. Even other FOS people/projects from what I can remember.

#14 Riggers on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:25

You sure he`s not just trying to hitch a ride and just happens to be kneeling down next to a windows 7 outlet?

#15 daPhoenix on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:30

As I posted in the forums I think Linus is simply happy with doing his thing and Microsoft doing theirs - I doubt there's any ill will in his thumbs up. If you've read his past comments he's tried to emphasize the good things of his own "thing" rather than just blame everything on Microsoft.

(1 reply) #16 SHS on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:32

You all miss the point to this I think he happy because there's still a boatload of unsold Windows 7

#16.1 Brendando on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:34

LOL

#17 briangw on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:49

either that or he is promoting pirated copies there on the street.

#18 RAID 0 on 23 Oct 2009 - 15:54

His smile doesn't seem sarcastic...

(2 replies) #19 solardog on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:07

I wonder if the dude sitting behind the counter knows who he is. I think Linus' thumb is photoshoped.

#19.1 Doli on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:14

Dont you mean Gimpshoped.

* Not a cheap jab at Gimp, I like it.

#19.2 Gibwar on 23 Oct 2009 - 17:35

Doli said,

Dont you mean Gimpshoped.

* Not a cheap jab at Gimp, I like it.

Don't you mean just 'gimped'? I mean, it's GIMP not GIMPShop...

(2 replies) #20 Magallanes on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:13

According Linus :"windows 7 is way better than Vista" (not textual).

#20.1 LoveThePenguin on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:54

Not a difficult feat.

#20.2 RAID 0 on 23 Oct 2009 - 21:06

Difficult feat? Like... hitting 5% market share? Is it like that?

(1 reply) #21 hotdog963al on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:24

I smell sarcasm

#21.1 thenonhacker on 24 Oct 2009 - 04:16

I smell a malfunction detecting body language properly.

#22 nullie on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:40

Good fun is what it is. <3

(1 reply) #23 LoveThePenguin on 23 Oct 2009 - 16:52

It's no secret that Linus likes proprietary software and DRM. Why else would he reject the kernel's conversion to GPL 3?

#23.1 The Teej on 23 Oct 2009 - 22:31

LoveThePenguin said,

It's no secret that Linus likes proprietary software and DRM. Why else would he reject the kernel's conversion to GPL 3?

Or maybe he has issues with some of the changes with GPL 3? It doesn't make sense why he's been okay with it being on GPL 2 all this time...

(1 reply) #24 nullie on 23 Oct 2009 - 17:03

How about because the GPL is overly restrictive and makes open-source complicated?

#24.1 markjensen on 25 Oct 2009 - 14:27

nullie said,

How about because the GPL is overly restrictive and makes open-source complicated?

Overly restrictive?

Ummm.... If you take the code and distribute changes to it, you have to also include the source code you wrote.

Whoa! Complicated!

(2 replies) #25 Skwerl on 23 Oct 2009 - 17:41

Linus Torvalds actually looks kind of sexy in that photo. *swoon*

#25.1 _dandy_ on 23 Oct 2009 - 17:49

For those who don't recognize sarcasm--the above (just *has* to be) an example...

#25.2 Skwerl on 23 Oct 2009 - 23:58

_dandy_ said,

For those who don't recognize sarcasm--the above (just *has* to be) an example...

Actually, I have a thing for handsome geeks, but Linus and I just wouldn't get along. I just couldn't date anyone whose favorite movie is "Antitrust."

(3 replies) #26 tiagosilva29 on 23 Oct 2009 - 20:59

As soon as I saw this photo in my feeds I knew that it would be posted in our Linux section.
The news crew doesn't like to post news about Linux (and yes, they are reported in the newsdesk), but when it comes to this crap or something about the Free Software Foundation... it's awwwwwwwrite.

#26.1 Tom W on 23 Oct 2009 - 22:32

And I knew you'd post a comment. As predictable as the sun rising

#26.2 daPhoenix on 24 Oct 2009 - 11:12

Tom W said,

And I knew you'd post a comment. As predictable as the sun rising

He has a point though, almost always when Linux is posted on the front page it's either shown to have either some flaw or in a negative light, same mainly goes for Apple.

Microsoft releases 50 patches it's only because they're "protecting you!", if Linux or Mac does the same "They're awful buggy systems!".

Of course none of the admins here admit the bias and we're all just imagining this stuff. Strange how many people seem to 'imagine' the same thing.

#26.3 tiagosilva29 on 25 Oct 2009 - 10:11

Tom W said,

And I knew you'd post a comment. As predictable as the sun rising

I'm giving you everything
All that joy can bring, this I swear

Last time that we had this conversation
I decided we should be friends
Hey
But now we're going round in circles,
Tell me, will this déjà vu never end?

daPhoenix said,

He has a point though, almost always when Linux is posted on the front page it's either shown to have either some flaw or in a negative light, same mainly goes for Apple.

That's more of a secondary goal, which is completely expected because this is Neowin.
The main goal here is actually to get (proper) Linux news in the damned Linux section (front page material or not).

#27 seba1976 on 23 Oct 2009 - 22:49

He's in such a position, that people will get everything good he said about 7 as a little sarcastic, so yes, I think he's being perfectly sarcastic :-)). I love the picture and the story behind it, I'm gonna keep look at this picture for a long time. Sorta history in the making kind of thing ;-)

#28 toadeater on 24 Oct 2009 - 00:26

Did he eat one of those Japanese 7-layer Whoppers?

(3 replies) #29 AfroTrance on 24 Oct 2009 - 01:43

Of course it's sarcastic. He's the founder of linux... It's a joke. It doesn't mean he doesn't (or does) 'approve' of Win7.

And is he drinking a beer?

#29.1 bozthepcnerd on 24 Oct 2009 - 09:55

Actually I think its a Jim Beam or a Johnnie Walker

#29.2 carmatic on 24 Oct 2009 - 10:15

i think that beer made all the difference in this case

#29.3 Krome on 25 Oct 2009 - 05:21

carmatic said,

i think that beer made all the difference in this case

lol

#30 stezo2k on 24 Oct 2009 - 16:52

thats awesome

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