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Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever (www.theverge.com)
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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds have apparently never met in person before, despite their pseudo-rivalry.

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[-] nucleative@lemmy.world 170 points 4 months ago

Both Torvalds and Gates are nerds... Gates decided to monetize it and Torvalds decided to give it away.

But without Microsoft's "PC on every desktop" vision for the '90s, we may not have seen such an increased demand for server infrastructure which is all running the Linux kernel now.

Arguably Torvalds' strategy had a greater impact than Gates because now many of us carry his kernel in our pocket. But I think both needed each other to get where we are today.

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 40 points 4 months ago

I've said this before here, but techy people vastly overestimate both the ability and the patience of the typical user, and it's the reason so few people use FOSS products.

Products from big tech aimed at private individuals are designed to be as simple to use as possible, which is why they're so popular.

[-] subignition@fedia.io 42 points 4 months ago

Big tech designing their products to be overly simple is one of the driving forces behind the average user having poor patience and aptitude for tech.

[-] kerrigan778 31 points 4 months ago

No, it's not. We have other shit to do and very limited quality time.

[-] anzo@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Though, if we compare nowadays distros like Bazzite with Windows 11..

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