Fortune: People to Watch: Linus Torvalds Dec 27, 1999, 17 :33 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (4423 reads) (As seen on slashdot)
"With the spectacular IPOs of Red Hat and
VA Linux in 1999, the Linux operating
system cobbled together by Finnish
programmer Linus Torvalds and countless
hackers went from a vaguely
anticapitalist crusade to big business..."
"Torvalds himself has been sitting out the
Linux IPO frenzy. He does own some
stock--gifts from grateful CEOs--but he's
on to other things, see. He works free for
a Silicon Valley chip-design startup called
Transmeta."