Torvalds is still very active on the Linux kernel. As far as I know, he's in charge of it and makes major decisions about its direction.

Bill Gates retired from Microsoft in 2008.

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

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

Gates is still very active in his charity organization

Clippy!

No major kernel decisions were made,” jokes Russinovich in a post on LinkedIn.

Man, wouldn't that be wild, though?

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

Making money/influence. It's such a scam his "Bill and Melinda Charity" (no taxes on charities).

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

Making money/influence. It's such a scam his "Bill and Melinda Charity" (no taxes on charities).

We can point out how bullshit the charity system is in the US while also acknowledging that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has done some good

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

Their pr firm seems to function very well at least.

Guess you're going to whitewash bezos, musk and zuckerberg next?

Edit: lot of free work done for the magnificent mr Gates and his tax avoiding fundation. Do you think you'll get some crumbles from the rich mans table?

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

it could be the year

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

Nope. And I sure as hell don’t white wash Bill Gates. You don’t get to that level of wealth and dominance without cracking skulls and ruining lives every step of the way. He is not a good person. But the foundation has done some good work. Surely this isn’t too nuanced for you to understand?

Edit: no clue why it automatically capitalized wash

Making money/influence. It's such a scam his "Bill and Melinda Charity" (no taxes on charities).

......that Linus and Bill kiss? Will they or won't they?

the ends don't justify the means.

Hitler experimented on hundreds of thousands of Jews and the medical world benefited from it greatly.

does that mean you're going to nuance the Nazi regime because they "did some good"?

no amount of good is worth the ounce of evil used to make it.

edit: if the ends justify the means, where do you draw the line? how many lives must suffer in order for the goal to be achieved? 1 life? 10? 1 million?

and to those of you claiming Godwin's law, I used it as an example. I don't think Bill Gates is Hitler, I never even said anything like that. we could easily use the Tuskegee Airmen and the US Department of Health. How many of those families had to suffer to make the ends justified in your opinion.

IMO none. there is no amount of loss of life that is acceptance for any means. life is precious and unique and deserves to be protected.

edit 2: I didn't realize humanity sold out their morals and ethics for the "greater good". my mistake thinking we were better than that. sorry.