Re:At GitHub we hire "The Girl or Guy Who Wrote X"
by davidw on Thursday October 15, 2009 @07:31AM
(#883153)
Yeah, but I can't believe that all those companies didn't make him some very tempting offers.
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Re:At GitHub we hire "The Girl or Guy Who Wrote X"
by wmf on Thursday October 15, 2009 @05:00PM
(#884264)
I think Linus refused to work for any Linux company since it would create a conflict of interest for him and give the company an advantage. Now through the Linux Foundation he can work for all the Linux companies at the same time.
Re:At GitHub we hire "The Girl or Guy Who Wrote X"
by antirez on Thursday October 15, 2009 @08:51AM
(#883254)
and... I really hope Linus is not in need for a work, otherwise there is something wrong in the open source world.
Re:At GitHub we hire "The Girl or Guy Who Wrote X"
by dschobel on Thursday October 15, 2009 @01:40PM
(#883833)
Speaking of which, how does Linus pay rent? Speaking engagements? Or is RH or someone paying him as a good will gesture?
Re:At GitHub we hire "The Girl or Guy Who Wrote X"
by messel on Thursday October 15, 2009 @03:19PM
(#884056)
I think he also received a buttload of stock from Redhat? as a thank you for pushing the OS forward. I'm researching where I heard this from now (anyone have a link?)
Ahh here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
"Red Hat and VA Linux, both leading developers of Linux-based software, presented Torvalds with stock options in gratitude for his creation.[13] In 1999, both companies went public and Torvalds' net worth shot up to roughly $20 million.[14][15]"