I was 21 at the time, so I was young, but I had already programmed for half my life, basically. And every project before that had been completely per… - Linus Torvalds

" "

I was 21 at the time, so I was young, but I had already programmed for half my life, basically. And every project before that had been completely personal and it was a revelation when people just started commenting, started giving feedback on your code. And even before they started giving code back, that was, I think, one of the big moments where I said, "I love other people!" Don't get me wrong -- I'm actually not a people person.