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The Maverick: An Interview with Linus Torvalds

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 10, 2005

“We wanted to interview Linus Torvalds because all the computers
at our school run Linux. Mr. Torvalds lives in our neighborhood so
we sent him an email and asked for an interview.

“So what happens when Linus Torvalds sits down with a high
school freshman for an interview? You get to hear what every 15
year-old wants to know about our favorite open source software
developer…”

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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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