Intel Treats Linus Torvalds as a Marketing Mascot

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-09-30 20:16:19 UTC
Modified: 2022-09-30 20:24:26 UTC

"The Godfather of the Open Source movement," [sic] according to Intel's CEO.

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Summary: Intel uploaded this video a couple of days ago (14:08-15:09); see the press reports below and the portion above (he doesn't look like he wanted to be there, but maybe his bosses at Linux Foundation forced him to, as he's not truly in control of his job anymore)

Intel Invokes Linus Torvalds to Push Software Tools [Ed: Intel bribed Linus Torvalds (fake new award, made up for him). It wants to turn him into a marketing mascot.]

A visibly uncomfortable appearance by Linux legend Linus Torvalds at Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger‘s keynote was headline news at the company’s Innovation conference this week.
Pat Gelsinger Bestows Linux Creator Linus Torvalds With Intel's First Innovation Award | HotHardware [Ed: Bribing Linus after he recommended AMD and ARM.]

Linus and Intel have not always seen eye-to-eye. In the past, Linus has rallied against Chipzilla for stifling error correcting memory support on desktop platforms and has accused the company of providing lackluster solutions to the Spectre and Meltdown CPU flaws. Nevertheless, Linus understands the importance of the x86 architecture and Intel clearly respects the tireless contributions Linus has made.

Intel Treats Linus Torvalds as a Marketing Mascot

Intel Invokes Linus Torvalds to Push Software Tools [Ed: Intel bribed Linus Torvalds (fake new award, made up for him). It wants to turn him into a marketing mascot.]

Pat Gelsinger Bestows Linux Creator Linus Torvalds With Intel's First Innovation Award | HotHardware [Ed: Bribing Linus after he recommended AMD and ARM.]

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