Linus Torvalds & Bill Gates : linux

[-] scott@lem.free.as 95 points 11 months ago

Is that someone's chest hair in the background?

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 23 points 11 months ago

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 11 months ago

Can't unsee it now. Fuck.

[-] ZMonster@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Someone's print failed...

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Could be anyone's chest hair

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Pretty obvious its RMS

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 67 points 11 months 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 16 points 11 months ago

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

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 7 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

This is really unsettling. Like seeing Tesla and Edison.

[-] chrash0@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months 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 11 points 11 months ago

Torvalds should be nowhere near that man.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

He looks like an older Tom Scott.

[-] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 25 points 11 months ago

Best part, Linus is the youngest of the four!

[-] roserose56@lemmy.ca 22 points 11 months ago

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

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 14 points 11 months ago

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

[-] kbal@fedia.io 11 points 11 months ago

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

[-] kbal@fedia.io 18 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

That's also Mark Russ on the left

[+] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Is the guy on the left wearing a wig?

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

The wig is operating the human machine it sits on

[-] Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 11 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 4 points 11 months ago

I mean, he was an acquaintance of Epstein.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 2 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[-] teppa@piefed.ca 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Wouldn’t Wozniak be an obvious choice?

[-] mauuumauukittycat@piefed.blahaj.zone -1 points 11 months ago

ok person vs wanker

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

I second this... Good Value Assessment.

[+] andybytes@programming.dev -14 points 11 months 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 11 points 11 months 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.