:Linux Journal: Studly Work: Talking Transmeta with Linus Torvalds
Linux Journal: Studly Work: Talking Transmeta with Linus Torvalds Jan 23, 2000, 16 :17 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (7820 reads) (Other stories by Doc Searls)
"Wednesday, January 19, 2000 was a long day for Linus. It was Rollout Day for Transmeta: the day the company spilled the beans about what it had been doing for last four and a half
years. During that time Transmeta kept a Masonic secrecy about its work. By being the one thing Linus and his co-workers couldn't talk about, Transmeta became the one thing
everybody had to talk about. This made for great buzz; but it was pretty weird that a movement built on conversation was led by a guy who had to keep silent about his work."
"Until yesterday. That's when the weirdness finally stopped...."
"When I finally got to sit down with Linus in a room upstairs, I expected him to be at a point of maximum stress, final relief, or both. But he just seemed happy to have the thing over with
(mine was his last obligation for the day). So it was a relaxed and upbeat conversation."
