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corbet

Jonathan Corbet

The net is full of articles and pictures about Linus Torvalds meeting Bill Gates. They all gloss over the fact that Dave Cutler was also there — to the point of cropping him out of the picture. Somehow, it seems, the guy who did RSX-11, VMS, and Windows NT is relevant too...?
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withaveeay@mastodon.scot

Stevan

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@corbet Yes. I thought it would be much more appropriate and meaningful if Dave Cutler was standing between the two of them.

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lkundrak@metalhead.club

printf of persia 🇺🇦🇨🇿✌️🌻

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@corbet should've also cropped bill

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etchedpixels@mastodon.social

The Penguin of Evil

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@corbet I'd much rather meet Dave Cutler personally. He did rather more than write a BASIC interpreter ;-)

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purpleidea@mastodon.social

James Just James

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@corbet I wish they would crop out Bill Gates. He's caused so much harm in the world.

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suihkulokki@society.oftrolls.com

Riku Voipio

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@corbet Chance for to write a good article about the meeting without glossing Dave over 😊

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jmorris

James Morris

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@corbet @etchedpixels it might be possible to arrange this.
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