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What Tech Titans Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Talked About in Their First Meeting
- Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, David Cutler, and Mark Russinovich met last week at a private dinner hosted by Russinovich, Microsoft's Azure CTO.
- The meeting marked the first time Gates and Torvalds, two influential tech figures with contrasting philosophies, crossed paths despite decades in the industry.
- Russinovich recounted the experience on LinkedIn, humorously mentioning that the meeting did not result in any significant kernel changes and underscored the longstanding competition between Windows and Linux.
- Torvalds created the Linux kernel in 1991 emphasizing open-source collaboration, while Gates built Microsoft's dominance with a focus on commercial licensing and control.
- This meeting suggests a symbolic bridging of two ideological approaches to software and may indicate increasing openness between Microsoft and open-source communities.
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The photo was shared by Mark Russinovich of Microsoft. The two "rivals" , the names behind the most important operating systems for PC, met at a dinner: "No decision was made, maybe next time"
Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time at tech titans' dinner
Microsoft chief technical officer Mark Russinovich posted evidence of the historic dinner in a LinkedIn post. Dave Cutler, the legendary programmer and lead architect of the Windows NT kernel, was also present, completing this meeting of tech titans.Read Entire Article
Bill Gates Finally Meets Linux Creator Linus Torvalds At Microsoft Exec's Dinner, Decades After Powering Rival Operating Systems - Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Bill Gates and Linux creator Linus Torvalds met for the first time at a Microsoft-hosted dinner, decades after leading rival operating systems.
Perhaps because they have been "enemies" for decades, Microsoft's founder and Linux creator had never seen each other face to face, but better late than never.
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