Software Libre

Poco después de haber criticado duramente a Fedora 18, Alan Cox, legendario hacker del kernel y mano derecha de Linus Torvalds a anunciado su en un hilo público de su Google+ su distanciamiento momentáneo tanto de Intel como del desarrollo de Linux. En dicho post alega su retiro por «asuntos familiares».

I’m leaving the Linux world and Intel for a bit for family reasons. I’m aware that «family reasons» is usually management speak for «I think the boss is an asshole» but I’d like to assure everyone that while I frequently think Linus is an asshole (and therefore very good as kernel dictator) I am departing quite genuinely for family reasons and not because I’ve fallen out with Linus or Intel or anyone else. Far from it I’ve had great fun working there.

Alan actualmente estaba involucrado en el mantenimiento de las ramas legacy del kernel Linux 2.2 y 2.4.