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I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming.
Linus Torvalds
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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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