Ashley Dunn, of the Los Angeles Times, has just published an interesting interview with Linux Torvalds . . .

“Q: With your job at Transmeta, what is your role these days in developing Linux?”

“A: Most of what I do today is communications. I mean 95 percent of my Linux work is really reading e-mail, answering e-mail (and) talking to people. … Quite often, it's just arbitration — getting the right people together and if there are clashes, trying to decide who gets to go first. I'm kind of like an independent technical person who pretty much everyone trusts, which is something important to have. That's one of the reasons why I haven't wanted to work for a Linux company, just because that way it wouldn't polarize the market.”

“Q: How much time do you spend on Linux now?”

“A: A lot of time. I tend to work fairly long hours. Just reading e-mail basically takes three hours a day. I mean that's just reading e-mail. And then, if you actually want to do something about that e-mail, then the time is just unbounded!”

“Q: Will you always be involved in Linux?”

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