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> Open Source won't ever make the inventor (and those who blindly follow him) rich in the long term Torvalds seems to have done OK for himself, for reasonable
by zabzonk 6y ago
> Open Source won't ever make the inventor (and those who blindly follow him) rich in the long term
Torvalds seems to have done OK for himself, for reasonable values of "rich".
And who the heck do you think is "blindly following him"?
- blippage 6y ago> Torvalds seems to have done OK for himself, for reasonable values of "rich". My guess: VHNWI (very high net worth individual), defined by Investopedia https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hnwi.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hnwi.asp as the range $5m to $30m. Maybe he's even in the ultra HNWI range. He doesn't "look" rich, but then, what does rich look like anyway?
- zabzonk 6y agoI think a reasonable value for "rich" is having a good roof over your head, enough money to comfortably support you and your family for the foreseeable future, and to be doing something you really enjoy.
- _nalply 6y agoI wish more people would understand this. Even if your neighbor has a bigger private jet than you there's no need to escalate.
- philzook 6y agohttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/linus-torvalds-net-worth/#:~:text=Linus%20Torvalds%20Net%20Worth%20and,net%20worth%20of%20%2450%20million https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/linus-.... Linus is doing fine.
- ObserverNeutral 6y agoCompare him against Bill Gates and Larry Page. Also when I said blindly follow the Open Source project leader I was referring to Buterin and Nakamoto