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Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Gemini24601@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds have apparently never met in person before, despite their pseudo-rivalry.

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[–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Linus still approves the changes in the kernel. His main baby for the past 15 years or so has been GIT.

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[–] offspec@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I think he maintained git at its inception for like 6 months and then passed it off to someone else, but I could be completely mistaken.

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