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Tech Tidbit: Linus Torvalds declined a personal offer from Steve Jobs to join Apple -- (link)

Posted by budice Mar 22 '12, 08:18

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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-linux-linus-tovalds-steve-jobs,15082.html (www.tomshardware.com)

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Jobs was a tough cookie to work with: one needed an emotional ... - Old Antarctic Explorer Mar 22, 08:48
Smart move for him not taking the job. -- nm - lileve Mar 22, 08:38 1
- Not necessarily. It would have been better than Transmeta ... heheh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:39
Uh... who? -- nm - Beaker crashing his car in Florida Mar 22, 08:19 53
- It immediately made me think of Torvald Utne. - Kim Pine Mar 22, 08:25 6
  - which immediately made me think of the Utne Reader - pixitude Mar 22, 08:29 5
    - Which immediately made me think of Uter Zorker. -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 08:36
    - Which eventually made me think of the Sony Reader, which runs a flavour of Android, which is based on Linux, which was created by Linus Torvalds. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:32
    - Which immediately made me think of Lisa Simpson -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 08:31
    - Which immediately made me think of the Weekly Reader. -- nm - mara Mar 22, 08:31 1
      - which made me think of the Weekly Standard -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:32
- he of the blanket in Peanuts -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:20
- Watch where you are driving! -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:20
- (he invented linux) -- nm - decline Mar 22, 08:20 43
  - Oh. ST Poll: Who all knew this? -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:20 42
    - Me -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 08:59
    - Me -- nm - lileve Mar 22, 08:38
    - Ayup. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 22, 08:32
    - not me - Pippy Mar 22, 08:32 6
      - I'm more upset I didn't know Helen of Sade. -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 08:32 5
        
        things I didn't know until just now...we have the same birthdate. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:36 1
        
        Happy birthday Mel and Pippy!!! -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:46
        
        You know, that thread set me off on listening to a bunch of Sade on Spotify - con_carne Mar 22, 08:35 1
        
        I've been looking in the mirror every morning since and singing 'Smooth Operator' as I get ready for work. - Diva Mar 22, 08:52
        
        it looks like more people knew Linus than Helen. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:33
    - me -- nm - ceregon Mar 22, 08:32
    - yep. -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 08:32
    - not me -- nm - amoxy Mar 22, 08:26
    - Me, of course. Did you know that he was spoofed in the movie Swordfish? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:25 2
      - yeah, the hacker at the beginning -- nm - decline Mar 22, 08:26 1
        
        imdb says his name was "Axl Torvalds". Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:28
    - Torches and pitchforks! Burn the witch for posting about a topic that has less that the widest possible appeal! -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 08:24 17
      - heh, no. I was just curious how common the knowledge of the name of the man that created linux was. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:27 13
        
        narrative narrative narrative - con_carne Mar 22, 08:31 2
        
        look, a squirrel! -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:33 1
        
        *RAGE* -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 08:36
        
        I'm curious how many people know the name of RMS/Richard M Stallman :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:30 9
        
        yup -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 09:00
        
        Never heard of him. -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 08:40
        
        not me. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:32 3
        
        He's like the Alan Moore of bearded supernerds. He's an evangelist for GNU (GNU's Not Unix), a set of computer programs and interfaces that allow - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:34 2
        
        thanks. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:35 1
        
        (He's a living legend and a complete joke at the same time. Very unique individual. heheh) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:35
        
        he is much less widely known I would think -- nm - decline Mar 22, 08:32 1
        
        Hmm. See, I knew who he was but not the first. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:33
        
        Everyone. - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:31
      - this. You know, it says in the headline that he invented Linus. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:26 2
        
        It does? Really? Thank you for helping. It probably says that in the article, as well. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:28
        
        linux -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:26
    - me. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:24
    - I did. -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 08:23
    - I was watching some doc on Science Channel a couple of months ago and this was mentioned. -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 08:22
    - didn't know, but it is what I would have guessed if asked -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:22
    - Me -- nm - Ender Mar 22, 08:22
    - Me. -- nm - Mop Mar 22, 08:22
    - I did -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:21
    - nope. name was familiar, but i wouldn't have placed it -- nm - prayformojo Mar 22, 08:21

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