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Internet World: Torvalds on Microsoft -- Talk is cheap

Lisa M Bowman ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 06 Oct 1999 16:41 BST

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Linus Torvalds took a dig at some of the companies that say they're considering open source.

"Talk is cheap," he said, responding to Microsoft's claim that it's thinking about opening some source.

The Linux inventor made his comments during the Linux for Suits conference at Internet World here.

Full story to follow.

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