Update: the post is back, maybe people mass reported it and the bots took it down? I don’t know.
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This isn't true. They didn't sell the prototype, they sold it at an auction. Entirely different, apparently.
Ah, so they didn't sell it, they just sold it. Gotcha
No, no. They auctioned it. Selling it to the highest bidder isn't selling. It's 'auctioning'.
At leats that's what I gathered from Linus' explanation. LOL
They didn't sell it at auction, they sold it at an auction for charity. Entirely different
So why say LMG didn't sell the prototype?
They're taking the piss out of Linus's own justification. Linus himself was the one to use this semantics argument unironically.
Because selling to the highest bidder, isn't selling. It's auctioning,
And that's different somehow, at least according to Linus' explanation of this whole thing. I think we can trust Linus on this one, he has a proven track record of accuracy and honesty. LOL