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Re:Happy Birthday, Linus by neurotech1 on Monday December 28, 2009 @04:57PM (#1019448)
Linus Torvalds created a personal project that grew into something huge. I admire how he still manages the Linux kernel development, even as it has grown to a large organizational project. This is a good example analogous to growing a start-up organically into a large "company"

Happy Birthday Linus!

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Re:Happy Birthday, Linus by Sal on Monday December 28, 2009 @09:08PM (#1019890)
Well, I respect that he started Linux and Git, and I would celebrate the "birth" dates of those projects, but my opinion is that he's an Ahole .... an arrogant masturbating monkey himself who's birthday I wouldn't care to celebrate. But that's just me.
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Re:Happy Birthday, Linus by djcapelis on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @03:41AM (#1020237)
Do you find it interesting that many many well respected tech CEOs and project leaders could be characterized the same way?

One might go so far to assume that a forceful personality is somewhat necessary to successful project leadership. I think random people celebrating his birthday is a bit overboard, but arguably the projects he's worked on have benefited from his sometimes abrasive personality.

I don't think it's unreasonable to admire that contribution.

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Re:Happy Birthday, Linus by access_denied on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @02:58AM (#1020200)
Yes, Linus is an a..hol.. But not in character. He does it as a calculated way to keep the real a--holes off of his chest. I admire Linus for his social / leadership. I learned from observing his strategies.
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