That's a quote from Ed Zander of Motorola. But it turns out Linus Torvalds feels pretty much the same way. Word is he secretly flew into the Bay Area recently for some huge hedonistic luau party up in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a bunch of world-class uber-hackers hosted by a famous traitor to the Linux cause. From what I'm told someone asked Linus about the Tux500 Indy car effort and that just set him off. Fair enough, he'd had a bit to drink. Whatever.
Thing is, I really like Linus. He's an awesome guy. Ask anyone who's met him. He's pretty amazing. Great programmer but an even better human being. How he deals with the freetards is beyond me. Not only does he have to hang out with pathetic weenies dreaming up stupid ideas like sponsoring race cars and using his trademark without his permission. He's also got to deal with Richard Stallman, who is determined to frig up Linux if it's the last thing he ever does. Yet somehow L.T. (as we call him) stays Zen through it all. Except when he's hammered at parties in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Hey, shit happens.
Also: Click on the photo above and in the enlarged version check out the guy in the back, at right, with the beard and propeller beanie. Then tell me you don't feel bad for Linus.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
"I love my job. I hate my customers."
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Yeah, I feel bad for Linus...he was just messing around in his dorm back in the 90's, was bored, and wrote an operating system. Then he gets dragged into a worldwide software revolution, whether he wanted to or not.
I do. Poor guy. He should come work at apple! Then he would like his customers.
The guy in the back looks a lot like this guy,
after the liposuction.
What about the five dorkasauruses in front? I tried to figure out a way that NYLUG could stand for "Never going to get Laid" but couldn't pull it off. What can I say. Rough weekend.
Not Yet Layed Unlikley Gonna'
I hear that everyone likes Linus.
I hadn't realized he was so short, though. The girl in blue -- I think it's a girl, but it's hard to tell with Linux users (even the bearded ones) -- towers over him.
I think the guy in the background is having a laugh. The trouble with Stallman is he's serious: he's a genuine nutcase.
NYLUG: Have you had a shower, lately?
I recognize that guy. That's Alan Gonzburg.
I think nylug is a scramble for UGLY N which stands for Ugly Nancy Boys. That may be their mother on the earlier video.
fakesteveness, please send LT a fake macsomethingorother and a real wardrobe. look, i know there was a time in the last farging millenium when everyone wanted to blow the creator of the intel architecture unix distribution, but dorky micro-versus-monolithic kernel arguments aside, is linus really doing anything now but visiting his you're-never-gonna-get-laid mojo on poor unsuspecting bastards who alredy have no chance of spelling laid? no wonder he hates his "customers," they are like a damn mirror for the poor finnish midget...
Notice the bag one guy is carrying says "Cluster"? Doesn't that seem completely appropriate?
hoooooooooo'm'gawd.
massive weenie alert. weenies abound. and i'm not talkin' a sausage fest here, either.
the young guy to the right of him looks like his 'mini-me': his mini-linus-linux, wotevah.
and mcgyver —— aaaaaaarrrrrgggghh!!!!! i knew it was that horrific being from that picture!! i begged all of you never, never, never to show that image again! and now fsj referenced him in the background of this picture! accch!
now i must go pour battery acid in my eye sockets to remove this image now burned into my retina. damn you all!!
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