Linus Torvalds citations
Linus Torvalds
Date de naissance: 28. décembre 1969
Autres noms:लाइनस टोर्भाल्ड्स्, Линус торвалдс
Linus Benedict Torvalds, né le 28 décembre 1969 à Helsinki en Finlande, est un informaticien américano-finlandais.
Il est connu pour avoir créé en 1991 le noyau Linux dont il continue de diriger le développement. Il en est considéré comme le « dictateur bienveillant ».
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Citations Linus Torvalds
„My name is Linus Torvalds and I am your god.“
— Linus Torvalds
As quoted in: Young, Robert; Goldman Rohm, Wendy (1999), Under the Radar: How Red Hat Changed the Software Business – and Took Microsoft by Surprise, p. 111
Jokingly introducing himself, at the 1998 Linux Expo in Durham, North Carolina
„Software is like sex; it's better when it's free.“
— Linus Torvalds
Attributed to Torvalds at 1996 FSF conference, video showing this phrase in one of Torvalds papers (time code: 48.44) https://web.archive.org/web/20071016215132/http://www.argentilinux.com.ar/doku.php/linux_videos_documentales:the_code_linux
„Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a good excuse for some of the brain-damages of Minix.“
— Linus Torvalds
To Andrew Tanenbaum (author of Minix) during the Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate.
„Is "I hope you all die a painful death" too strong?“
— Linus Torvalds
Linus to the hardware manufacturers that refuse to release the specifications of their hardware so they could operate with the Linux kernel.
