The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually cu…

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The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. ✨ FM Interviews: Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates software developers. Interview with Rishabh Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. October 3, 2005.
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The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. ✨ FM Interviews: Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates software developers. Interview with Rishabh Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. October 3, 2005.

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