Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, have surprisingly never met before. That all changed at a recent dinner hosted by Sysinternals creator Mark Russinovich.
The worlds of Linux and Windows finally came together in real life, and Dave Cutler, Microsoft technical fellow and Windows NT lead developer, was also there to witness the moment and meet Torvalds for the first time. “No major kernel decisions were made,” jokes Russinovich in a post on LinkedIn.
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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds have apparently never met in person before, despite their pseudo-rivalry.
Dude I have said multiple times that he is a bad person who has “cracked skulls and ruined lives.” How much clearer do I need to be?
I have excused nothing. His foundation doing some good work, which it has, has nothing to do with whether or not he is a good or bad person. I have never said it vindicates him. I never said it washes away what he’s done. I have said nothing remotely like that.
You have an ax to grind and you see red. You aren’t reading what I am actually writing.
Dude I have said multiple times that he is a bad person who has “cracked skulls and ruined lives.” How much clearer do I need to be?
I have excused nothing. His foundation doing some good work, which it has, has nothing to do with whether or not he is a good or bad person. I have never said it vindicates him. I never said it washes away what he’s done. I have said nothing remotely like that.
You have an ax to grind and you see red. You aren’t reading what I am actually writing.