From CNet.com…
Michael Robertson, CEO of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of $200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft’s Xbox video game console.
“The revelation was made in a posting earlier this week on the Xbox Linux Project site at SourceForge, a site for collaborative development of open-source software projects. Robertson disclosed his identity as the person funding the contest and extended the deadline.”
Robertson confirmed the SourceForge posting in an interview Thursday with CNET News.com, saying he funded the contest not for business goals but to promote open access to technology. “There is no business justification; that’s not why I did it,” he said. “I did it because I thought people should have the choice to run the software they want on the hardware of their choice…I don’t think when you buy a car, they should be able to tell you what brand of gas to put in it.”
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