An interview with Linus Torvalds: Free, as in beer, Feb 09, 2001

Joe Barr: "I've wanted to interview Linus Torvalds for some time, but with the holiday season, his new baby, and the release of 2.4 already on his plate, I knew my chances were slim at best. Timing is everything, it seems. Now that things are somewhat back to "normal," whatever that is, I tried a direct approach and appealed to his finer instincts. I've owed him a beer for almost 2 years now, so I offered him a case of Guinness in exchange for an interview. It worked."

Linux seller Turbolinux and services provider Linuxcare both announced layoffs Friday, shortly before the companies plan to merge and two days after Linux competitor SuSE trimmed its staff.

The head of Linux distribution company SuSE's United States division has backed away from media reports suggesting he claimed Linux was a "victim of hype and irrational expectations"

The Cathedral & the Bazaar was originally published online and Raymond continues to update the electronic version of the work.

O'Reilly Publishing, which has the commercial print rights to the book, has just released a revised and expanded edition in a paperback edition.

The Duke of URL has just posted a review of OpenBSD 2.8. OpenBSD 2.8 features some of the industry's best security, coupled with an extremely stable code base. Version 2.8 adds many new features like enhanced cryptography (with the RSA patent lifted) and the latest version of OpenSSH.

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