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Linus Interview

7th July 2003

Linux creator an open source, an interesting interview with Linus Torvalds covering the IBM/SCO case, leaving Transmeta and his opinions of Silicon Valley.

Posted 7th July 2003 at 11:14 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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