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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time. (programming.dev)

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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 😉

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

Same. At this point I think he probably did it more to indulge those who wanted that to happen than actually wanting or caring about it.

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