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> > The most popular form of UNIX (Linux) got started in Finland. > By a Finnish guy that moved to the US (and is a US citizen) When he moved to the USA Linux

> > The most popular form of UNIX (Linux) got started in Finland. > By a Finnish guy that moved to the US (and is a US citizen) When he moved to the USA Linux was already a popular OS, and he didn't move here in order to develop the kernel but to work for Transmeta.

jjcon 6y ago
> and he didn't move here in order to develop the kernel He moved there and started the Linux foundation... what are you talking about?
- markus92 6y ago
  Transmeta hired him, he moved, he liked it and stayed.
- spacehunt 6y ago
  That's... not what happened. LF was formed by merging the FSG and OSDL. Only then did the combined entity have sufficient funding to hire Linus.
  - jjcon 6y ago
    Nothing I said is in conflict with that.
    - spacehunt 6y ago
      He did not start the Linux Foundation.