Linus Torvalds & Bill Gates : linux

[-] scott@lem.free.as 93 points 1 year ago

Is that someone's chest hair in the background?

[-] ZMonster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Someone's print failed...

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Could be anyone's chest hair

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Pretty obvious its RMS

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/markrussinovich_i-had-the-thrill-of-a-lifetime-hosting-dinner-activity-7341857033932914691-f5Kw

"I had the thrill of a lifetime, hosting dinner for Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds and David Cutler. Linus had never met Bill, and Dave had never met Linus. No major kernel decisions were made, but maybe next dinner 😉" -- Mark Russinovich

[-] Tja@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago

Mark is one of the coolest guys ever. Great books and great tools.

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I was wondering who the other guys were. Torvalds in the former enemy's lair. He's the winner in this pic.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 year ago

This is really unsettling. Like seeing Tesla and Edison.

[-] chrash0@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

eh Bill doesn’t really pull any levers at MS these days, and Linus already got the moral victory of the Linux kernel running on Windows and basically powering their entire cloud business.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Torvalds should be nowhere near that man.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

He looks like an older Tom Scott.

[-] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

Best part, Linus is the youngest of the four!

[-] roserose56@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago

They have aged so much. Didn't even think they would that old.

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

I deal with computers because if I don't, computers will deal with me.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 11 points 1 year ago

Is that Donald Knuth? If so, "three guys taking a photo with Donald Knuth" might be a better title.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 17 points 1 year ago

(Apparently it's Dave Cutler, who wikipedia reminds me is the crazy VMS guy "known for his disdain for Unix." Apologies to both of them.)

[-] heavy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

That's also Mark Russ on the left

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Bill Gates looks like he could be John Oliver's dad.

[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Is the guy on the left wearing a wig?

[-] Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 1 year ago

Since the last time I saw an image of him, I've become sure that Mark has amazing hair.

[+] zombiewarrior@techhub.social 6 points 1 year ago

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[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago

I mean gates never joined the modern "Hey look at me, I'm getting ripped now", Watch me surf... see I'm a cool dude not just a tech nerd billionare club.

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

You don't think Gates has sex parties and does drugs from time to time or at one point? I mean, are you following this dude around? How do you know? This is the problem with idols. We just kind of project ourselves or our preconceived notions of what these people are.

[-] Dumhuvud@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I mean, he was an acquaintance of Epstein.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I mean only talking about his public image that he maintained. Gates kept the public image of, I'm a quiet boring nerd who's running a company and helping charities where I can. IE very different public image than zuck who hit a phase where he just publicly wanted to be seen as a ripped martial artist fighter surfer with 6 pack etc... or even Elon Musk who clearly had MAJOR work done on his hair etc...

What gates did privately agreed, who knows what the heck he was up to, but the key point is, he didn't work to advertise to the world that he was cool.

[-] Dave 3 points 1 year ago

The guy is 70, I think it's OK to let yourself go a little at that age.

[-] teppa@piefed.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd had always blamed Bill Gates for windows monopoly, though now I'm pretty sure it was the US government all along pushing it for a backdoor.

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

All we gotta do is add Tim Cook in the photo.

[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Wouldn’t Wozniak be an obvious choice?

[-] mauuumauukittycat@piefed.blahaj.zone -2 points 1 year ago

ok person vs wanker

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I second this... Good Value Assessment.

[+] andybytes@programming.dev -13 points 1 year ago

At this point, I mean, so many people have added to both Windows and Linux that it could be argued that these people didn't even really invent these things. They invented a part of. I also think about grants, funding, and the materials used to make such things. So I guess what I'm saying is fuck both of these old dudes. Computing was going to happen either way. Windows is a military contractor. Windows has killed many poor people. No gods, no masters. Kill your idols.

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 10 points 1 year ago

So I guess what I’m saying is fuck both of these old dudes.

Ah, the arrogance of youth. I remember it well myself.