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Will Linus Torvalds apologize for giving Nvidia the finger?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 24, 2013

Linus Torvalds notoriously gave Nvidia the finger a while back, due to his perception that Nvidia was the worst company Linux developers have ever had to deal with over the years. Now Nvidia is reaching out to Torvalds and Linux, hoping to make amends for its past bad behavior.

I’m glad to hear that Nvidia is pledging to change its ways. But the proof is in the pudding, as they say. Nvidia’s credibility is on the line now, so if they don’t deliver it will just make the company look even worse than it did before (if that’s possible).

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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