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Pearls before swine..

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Linus Torvalds
Mar 1, 2011

“I know that comes as a big shock to everybody, since geeks in
general are seen as the crème de la crème of society,
and the common perception is that we live the life of rock-stars
and party all night with all the other glamorous people.

“Not so.

“I sit in my office (which used to be in the basement, now it’s
a room above the garage), usually in my ratty bathrobe, reading and
writing email all day. And a lot of wasting time while waiting for
people to answer or just report problems. I go to bed at ten, and
wake up at seven to get the kids to school. And then it all
repeats.”


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