“A lot of people still like Solaris, but I'm in active competition with them, and so I hope they die.”

—  Linus Torvalds

Torvalds: Waiting To See Sun's Open Solaris, 2005-02-01, Rooney, Paula, CRN, 2006-08-28 http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/59300278/torvalds-waiting-to-see-suns-open-solaris.htm,
2000s, 2005

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