Linus Torvalds Gives Windows 7 a Thumbs Up

[Marcus Yam]

Oh no he didn't!

Linus Torvalds Gives Windows 7 a Thumbs Up : Read more

 

[BoxBabaX]

In actuality, Torvalds was attending the Japan Linux Symposium. The picture was taken as some sort of gag, as Torvalds did not purchase a copy from that stall.

In actuality, he was giving a thumbs up to Windows 7 . haha

 

[tipoo]

Gotta love the guy

 

[cookoy]

Sure doesn't look like the middle finger. Yup, thumbs up. You're a sport. Call a spade a spade.

 

[ssalim]

A good product is a good product proven to be good by many.
Even if President Obama were giving a thumbs down on Win7, it's still a good product.

 

[Guest]

OMG!
Either Hell must have frozen over or someone set him up! :O

 

[Guest]

now of course there will be a new mac ad targeting linux now.

 

[Guest]

he is moron

 

[tanderskey]

that Linus is really too nice a guy, if he was trying to communicate that MS was doing a good job with Win7.

what he probably meant was, Its nearly as good as the OS i wrote in my college dorm a decade or so ago.

 

[Guest]

He's smiling, and giving the thumbs up to indicate Windows 7 will indeed be Vista + Window Blinds and DesktopX.... :-D

 

[Guest]

Linus is the man...

 

[cruiseoveride]

Linus: The New Windows, now available with added Linux inspiration!!

 

[7amood]

he is a legend who fought until others acknowledged open-source.
I never thought he would ever associate himself with anything that is NOT open source.

makes me believe there maybe a gun pointed at him...

 

[Mysteic]

You can like a product and hate the principles it represents....you just can't use it.

I like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but I will not be buying it. So I can give the console version a Thumbs up and the PC version a thumbs up its A$$.

 

[Supertrek32]

Linux and Windows both have their ups and down. It's just like comparing OS X to Windows. Neither is better or worse.

Maybe Apple could learn something from Linus?

 

[njalterio]

....but did he purchase a Windows 7 Whopper? Judging by his grin I bet he did!

 

[bk420]

Looks like he's happy to see another failure

 

[ossie]

That store is somewhat full of windblow$ retail copies and utterly empty of buyers... Maybe the crowd of eager m$ lu$ers is just waiting in front of the $hop. Or not?
Another resounding microsuxx $ucce$$ story... for delusional wintarded m$ fankiddies.
[citation][nom]bk420[/nom]Looks like he's happy to see another failure[/citation]
Right... Way to go m$!

 

[CoderDunn]

That store is somewhat full of windblow$ retail copies and utterly empty of buyers... Maybe the crowd of eager m$ lu$ers is just waiting in front of the $hop. Or not?

Yeah sure, because when ever you take a picture in a public place, everyone around jumps in front of the camera man.

/sarcasm

 

[Guest]

That's the special event space in front of yodobashi camera Akiba, right next to the big LED screen. Which, I'll point out, does NOT run linux ^^!

 

[sonofliberty08]

he was thumbs up for a cup of green tea on his left hand

 

[anamaniac]

[citation][nom]njalterio[/nom]....but did he purchase a Windows 7 Whopper? Judging by his grin I bet he did![/citation]
I'm sure even Jobs would buy the Windows 7 hopper (and then go back to a hospital again for a heart attack).

Is that a beer in his hand? Alcohol can make us do some mighty stupid things. =D

Maybe he just acknowledged all the work Microsoft has done to fix their previous mistakes, open source or not, it still benefits the masses.
Or he had a gun pointed at him and was drinking to make it easier to forget...

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]7amood[/nom]he is a legend who fought until others acknowledged open-source.I never thought he would ever associate himself with anything that is NOT open source.makes me believe there maybe a gun pointed at him...[/citation]
If you check the original article you'll see that the whole thing was a bit of a joke.

 

[doopydoo22]

I wouldn't read too much into it.

 

[FoShizzleDizzle]

I like the overkill with a yellow bar attached to a cone, I'm sure it was useful when they had to barricade the flood of buyers that amounted to precisely 0.