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People will realize that software is not a product you use it to build a product.
Linus Torvalds
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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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I don't actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized people don't throw their panties at me. I'm a perfectly normal person sitting in my den just doing my job.
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