Linus Torvalds: I don’t care if Terminator robots run on Linux

[securitybreach]

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel was under heavy fire after a leak by Edward Snowden which showed that Skynet, the US-based company which builds robots, was using the Linux kernel to power their machines. Skynet is one of the most secretive US companies which reportedly operates from a leased hanger in Area 51.

 

However, Linus Torvalds denied any association or knowledge of Skynet Corporation. During a local Linux conference in Portland, Linus was addressing a small crowd when a reddit user asked if he had been approached by Skynet? Linus, with a faint smile on his face, said ‘no’ while nodding (in yes).

 

What’s even more shocking is that the leak says Skynet is using the 4.x branch of Linux which hasn’t even been released yet. Greg Kroah-Hartman, the leading kernel developer, told me that he had no clue that there is a separate tree of the mainline kernel being developed and maintained by a corporations....

 

Linus Torvalds posted on his Google + page, “I don’t really care if Skynet uses Linux or not. I still want the desktop.”

 

http://www.linuxveda.com/2015/02/16/linus-torvalds-dont-care-terminator-robots-run-linux/

[abarbarian]

Another super find.

[Hedon James]

well, it they run on the supremely stable Linux kernel, that would explain this:

 

http://youtu.be/zu0rP2VWLWw

Edited February 17, 2015 by Hedon James