Sunday, 26. October 2003
Topic: COMPUTER - on October 26, 2003 at 12:38:05 AM CEST
Leader of the Free World
How Linus Torvalds became benevolent dictator of Planet Linux, the biggest collaborative project in history. Linus Torvalds wants me to believe he's too boring for this story. The creator of the Linux operating system portrays himself as a mild-mannered soul leading a humdrum life, just another guy lucky enough to own a McMansion in the hills above San Jose courtesy of the money-mad late '90s. Before agreeing to meet me, Torvalds sent an email imagining that I'd be overwhelmed by the tedium of hanging around with the likes of him.
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