Quite frankly, even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself.

OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.

Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.

If you want an application to be portable, you don't necessarily create an abstraction layer like a microkernel so much as you program intelligently.

I obviously think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.