Kenneth P. "Ken" Thompson (March 14, 1966 – October 9, 2016) was the District Attorney of Kings County, New York, from 2014 until his death from cancer on October 9, 2016.
I must say the Linux community is a lot nicer than the Unix community. A negative comment on Unix would warrent death threats. With Linux, it is like stirring up a nest of butterflies.
I do believe that in a race, it is naive to think Linux has a hope of making a dent against Microsoft starting from way behind with a fraction of the resources and amateur labor. (I feel the same about Unix.
You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. (Especially code from companies that employ people like me. ) No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.
I think the open software movement (and Linux in particular) is laudable.
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