When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", peop… - Linus Torvalds

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When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*"

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Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.

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Alternative Names: Linus Benedict Torvalds • OH3LUS • LUS • Linus B. Torvalds • Torvalds

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When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*" - Linus Torvalds

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When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free" - Linus Torvalds