Any truth in this quote? (one for Linux geeks)

[GorillaMan]

Did Linus Torvalds really say this, or is it a typical web myth?..

If you say ‘I wrote a program that crashed in Windows’, people just stare at you blankly then say ‘I got those with the system for free.’

[Daizy]

Almost near the end of this page

It’s easy to make malloc() return NULL under Windows: there is no fork()system call, and nobody expects the machine to stay up anyway, so who
cares? When you say “I wrote a program that crashed Windows”, people
just stare at you blankly and say “Hey, I got those with the system,
for free”.

[Daizy]

Lookit me go!
Found another link.

[Khampelf]

Not a lot of people know the first major Linux application was software to predict and track herpes outbreaks.

It wasn’t much of a sucess, not many people used it.
The internet just wasn’t ready for Open-Sores software.

[Revtim]

I’m a professional Linux programmer and I have no idea what ‘I got those with the system for free’ means. Got WHAT with the system free? Crashes? Programs in general? I can’t grok it.

[spingears]

@Revtim

I’m a professional Linux programmer and I have no idea what ‘I got those with the system for free’ means. Got WHAT with the system free? Crashes? Programs in general? I can’t grok it.

Buit in or included with the OS package.

[spingears]

@spingears

Buit in or included with the OS package.

Oh Oh I forgot to be specific.

APPLICATIONS Such as Notepad, Scan Disc, etc. etc.