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To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.
Linus Torvalds
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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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