So, which one of them heard boss music?
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2025
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Could they have met in a better place than in front of a Jotnar's pubes
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Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't Gates retired? And I have no idea if Torvalds is still active.
But historical photo aside, isn't this meeting a bunch of nothing?
Torvalds is still very active on the Linux kernel. As far as I know, he's in charge of it and makes major decisions about its direction.
Bill Gates retired from Microsoft in 2008.
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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
Gates could probably walk into most offices and get a free coffee and an impromptu meeting with the CEO if he wants to.
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... "Kindly I'm Sorry sirs its on windows"
Still cool though. Also I think Bill has more money.
Than the intern? I mean...yeah. probably.
Bill announces a collaboration between the two, starting with an open source implementation of BOB and Clippy AI for Linux....
No major kernel decisions were made,” jokes Russinovich in a post on LinkedIn.
Man, wouldn't that be wild, though?
Missing the opportunity for a legit decent LinkedIn post?
I dunno. Tempting…