I've been listening to Fresh Air on and off for over 15 years. (I used to live/work in south NJ and WHYY was our local NPR station.) I've heard Terry Gross interview scientists and other "geeky" types with little difference from her other interviews. Not having read Linus' book I'll guess that her questions were derived from what was talked about in the book. Like a lot of people (especially in the US) she probably has trouble wrapping her brain around doing something as substantial as Linux but not for the money. I liked the points about IBM. These are the ideas that will help Linux move into more corporations, which in turn will move it on to more desktops at home. My .02 Jack On Tuesday 05 June 2001 00:04, you wrote: > > I was a little disappointed with Terry Gross's questions; she was clearly > > out of her element. If you want a comparison you should hear her > > interviews with musicians, which are usually fabulous. She didn't really > > know how to identify with Linux, except in terms of the $ and the GPL. > > Yeah I definitely agree that Terry was having a hard time with the > questions. Linus seemed like he was doing his best to not drown her in > geekiness, but still answer the questions, hence the "flatness". The VA > Linux IPO question was bad...she (admitted) that she didn't really know > what VA Linux actually does, that was a bit frustrating. > > > That's what I found wrong with it. Doesn't mean I think it was a bad > > program, or a bad Linus interview -- overall a positive thing that it was > > a topic. The point he made most well was how the GPL development > > environment directs a very different, evolutionary process for > > "production". > > I agree here. I thought another good point was how Linux changed HP and > IBM's business approach. I think that was important for non-techies to > hear. > > > So who's read Linus' book? > > At this point, to give Terry Gross some credit, because she usually does > awesome interviews, perhaps the "money" questions were related to things > brought up in his "memoir". I mean, thats really why he's on the radio, > right? To promote his book, not to just talk linux. I mean, he needs to pay > for his (expenseive) house after all those shares bombed. ;) > > ~j > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list