Linus Torvalds & Bill Gates : linux

[–] scott@lem.free.as 94 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Is that someone's chest hair in the background?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope .... that's pubic hair ... those people are standing on a different section of the body than what you were thinking.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Can't unsee it now. Fuck.

[–] ZMonster@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Someone's print failed...

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could be anyone's chest hair

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Pretty obvious its RMS

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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 16 points 1 month ago

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

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 7 points 1 month 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 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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[–] chrash0@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

He looks like an older Tom Scott.

[–] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 month ago

Best part, Linus is the youngest of the four!

[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago

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

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 14 points 1 month ago

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

[–] kbal@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] kbal@fedia.io 18 points 1 month 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 month ago

That's also Mark Russ on the left

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is the guy on the left wearing a wig?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

The wig is operating the human machine it sits on

[–] Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

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

[+] zombiewarrior@techhub.social 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 month ago (2 children)

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 4 points 1 month ago

I mean, he was an acquaintance of Epstein.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 points 1 month 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@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 month 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 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Wouldn’t Wozniak be an obvious choice?

[–] mauuumauukittycat@piefed.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ok person vs wanker

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

I second this... Good Value Assessment.

[+] andybytes@programming.dev -13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 11 points 1 month 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.