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Nando Times/LA Times: An interview with Linux creator Linus Torvalds

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 9, 1999

[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link. ]

“Q: How much time do you spend on Linux now?”

“A: A lot of time. I tend to work fairly long hours. Just
reading e-mail basically takes three hours a day. I mean that’s
just reading e-mail. And then, if you actually want to do something
about that e-mail, then the time is just unbounded!”

Q: Will you always be involved in Linux?

“A: It’s been an intensely satisfying experience. It’s been
satisfying on a technical level, but it’s also been satisfying on
the personal level, just feeling that you accomplished something
and being part of a community. But I probably won’t work on Linux
forever. Especially now, it’s clear even to outsiders that it’s
much, much larger than this one person. … These days it’s clear
that people are getting much more comfortable and at some point,
who knows, five, 10 years from now. … It’s just clear that I
don’t have that much to bring to the table anymore.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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