Comment on Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Torvalds is still very active on the Linux kernel. As far as I know, he’s in charge of it and decides what code gets allowed in.

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  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Gates is still very active in his charity organization

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Making money/influence. It’s such a scam his “Bill and Melinda Charity” (no taxes on charities).

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      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        We can point out how bullshit the charity system is in the US while also acknowledging that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has done some good

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      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Search the web for “polio”

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        It’s still giving money away though? Why would you want there to be taxes on charity?

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      • dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        (no taxes on charities).

        What type of taxes are you talking about?

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  • PacMan@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Linus still approves the changes in the kernel. His main baby for the past 15 years or so has been GIT.

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    • offspec@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I think he maintained git at its inception for like 6 months and then passed it off to someone else, but I could be completely mistaken.

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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That means there are highschool seniors who weren’t even alive while Bill Gates was at Microsoft.

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    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS 👏🎸

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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That was balmer though, IIRC. Crazy times

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    • RagingRobot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m sure if they work there they know who he is though lol but possibly I suppose

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• chrash0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  without checking, Gates’ wealth is probably tied up in a lot of MS stock, and he could probably walk into the office and ask the intern to get him a coffee. but yeah i think mostly retired.

  Linus is still active is maintaining the Linux kernel.

  and yes, this is fluff, not some kind of summit

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  • _edge@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Gates could probably walk into most offices and get a free coffee and an impromptu meeting with the CEO if he wants to.

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    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      True, if anything he has less of a chance of getting a coffee at the MS office because the coffee machines will be out of order… “Sorry sir its on windows”

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  • Cyclist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Still cool though. Also I think Bill has more money.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Than the intern? I mean…yeah. probably.

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