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He actually did okay financially because both RedHat and VALinux gifted him shares during the dot-com bubble. Not "richest man in the world" rich, but "enough
by nostrademons 7y ago
He actually did okay financially because both RedHat and VALinux gifted him shares during the dot-com bubble. Not "richest man in the world" rich, but "enough to be financially comfortable and not have to work" rich.
- natechols 7y agoI think the bragging rights of having at least half the internet running on top of his software would count for quite a bit too. There are very few people on this planet who can boast that level of influence.
- beagle3 7y agoNot to mention, something like 90% of handsets, tablets, tv set boxes, ebook readers, etc. Almost everything not iOS is based on Linux (Android, Tizen, KaOS, Tivo, Roku, ChromeOS, Amazon's fire stuff, etc)