I've actually found the image of Silicon Valley as a hotbed of money-g…

Linus Torvalds
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I've actually found the image of Silicon Valley as a hotbed of money-grubbing tech people to be pretty false, but maybe that's because the people I hang out with are all really engineers. ✨ THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 9-28-03: QUESTIONS FOR LINUS TORVALDS; The Sharer. Interview with David Diamond, www.nytimes.com. September 28, 2003.
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