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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What an idiot. Linux became huge.

[–] walden@wetshav.ing 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

I would say a git.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 1 points 1 day ago

🤔 there's a short and pregnant term that hasn't been used for Linux software yet

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He didn't have any way of knowing at the time what Linux would become.

[–] inari@piefed.zip 19 points 1 day ago

Thatsthejoke.jpg

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Someone smart enough to make Linux so huge should have been smart enough to know that.