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TechView: Linus Torvalds, Inventor of Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 21, 2014

TV: What really pisses you off in Technology today? How and why does it make you angry?

Torvalds: I wouldn’t say it makes me angry, but if there’s something distasteful in the tech market, it’s the glorification of the most visible “leaders”.

That very much includes me, btw. I think the whole “cult of personality” is pretty disturbing, and I hate how people take me and what I say too seriously. The same goes for Jobs, Ellison, Gates, you name it.

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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