At GitHub we hire "The Girl or Guy Who Wrote X"

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.

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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?

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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]"

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Re:At GitHub we hire "The Girl or Guy Who Wrote X" by grsites on Thursday October 15, 2009 @03:13PM (#884041)

He works for the Linux Foundation, Jim Zemlin is his "boss".

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