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No kidding. Linus Torvalds probably has plenty of personal views that are boycott-worthy for the rampaging internet mob...



But can you imagine Linus doing an equivocal interview where he ducks the issue and uses "Indonesians want to use Mobile Firefox" as a justification? That was Eich's mistake which just inflamed the already brewing PR disaster.


I can imagine him flipping the bird and saying fuck you to his haters. In fact that's what I'd expect. And that's why we love him...


Linux is so ubiquitous that I'm not sure that it can be effectively boycotted.




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