Linux will therefore probably stay for a long time a good subject of study for computer-scientist, rather than an OS destined for widespread distribution. I must apologize for any mistakes in my translation. Use babelfish to get an alternative translation. I'm open to any corrections. Linux Weekly News has just published a de-babelfished translation of the whole letter.
Computers are non-functional without it.
I hope the EU lawyers will notice this wriggling. His attacks on Linus stating that Linux development has slowed down are not credible with the inflow of new developers and the number of ports now in the standard kernel. Linux takes me 20 minutes on an 100 Mhz system. I, and many others don't view GUI's as necessarily friendly. Until they are a substitute for true understanding, I prefer to have control over my system and to be able to repair it.