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Current Newswire: Is IT Offshoring an Overhyped Myth? Cool Command Line Apps for GNU/Linux and other Unix Systems Data Encryption and Ubuntu, Part III SECURITY: Blocking Zombie Spam Netblocks Multimedia Support in Fedora 10 The State Of The Tux3 File-System The 2008 Guide To Open Source Hardware Projects Microsoft Cuddles up to Open Source An Amicus Brief: Issues in the Cyberbullying Case That Affect You - Updated Proprietary Firmware and the Pursuit of a Free Kernel Sr. Developer, Backend Professional Technical Resources US-OR-Portland Post A Job | Post A Resume InfoWorld: Linus Torvalds' BitKeeper Blunder May 2, 2005, 20 :30 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (7579 reads) (Other stories by Neil McAllister) "Open source developers, as you might expect, typically use free compilers, editors, and other tools to build their software. But three years ago Linux creator Linus Torvalds began using a proprietary, closed-source software version control system called BitKeeper to maintain the source code for the Linux kernel. It was a controversial decision, to be sure, and one that appears to have finally--and perhaps predictably--come back to bite him. "Version-control systems facilitate collaborative software projects by maintaining a central repository of source code..." Complete Story Related Stories: ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: The Bitkeeper Controversy(Apr 30, 2005) Ping Wales: Linux Vs Free Software(Apr 26, 2005) ZDNet: The Rise of the Open Sorcerers(Apr 21, 2005) The Register: The Larry and Linus Show: Personalities vs Principles?(Apr 14, 2005) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   There's no perhaps about it    Charles Hixson May 2, 2005, 21:16:25     Basic Premise of Article is Correct    bincbom May 2, 2005, 21:47:31     Could it be?    Simon May 3, 2005, 00:22:09     What does Larry McEvoy get out of this, anyway?    ian May 3, 2005, 03:53:15     Re: What does Larry McEvoy get out of this, anyway    Onan the Barbarian May 3, 2005, 08:15:24     Re: What does Larry McEvoy get out of this, anyway    Tony OBryan May 3, 2005, 12:43:19     Re: What does Larry McEvoy get out of this, anyway    phil May 3, 2005, 16:35:53     SUN is behind all this    greg May 3, 2005, 23:45:02     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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