High-technology has its share of big names: Microsoft’s Bill
Gates, Apple’s Steve Jobs, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, Netscape’s Mark
Andreessen. But who the heck is Linus Torvalds?
On one level, Linux is just another operating system — the
basic software that runs a computer. On another, it’s a movement.
Linux is free, nobody owns it, and volunteer programmers are
constantly improving it.