“Exactly ten years ago I was sitting in a small but cosy flat in
the west of Helsinki, waiting to interview its owner. He was busy
in the tiny kitchen, which lay just past the entrance hall decked
out with dozens of cups and shields won at Karate competitions,
preparing a cappuccino for each of us. As you’ve probably guessed,
his name was Linus Torvalds–the trophies belong to his wife.“Wired’s decision to devote the first mainstream feature to him
and GNU/Linux was brave in 1996. At the time, free software was
barely known outside a small, if growing circle of hackers…”
Linux Journal: What Can’t Open Source Achieve in the Next 10 Years?
By
Glyn Mody
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