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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds have apparently never met in person before, despite their pseudo-rivalry.

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[–] chrash0@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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... "Kindly I'm Sorry sirs its on windows"

[–] Cyclist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Than the intern? I mean...yeah. probably.