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<h4><a  target="_blank" href="http://hs.riverdale.k12.or.us/maverick/?q=node/257">An Interview 
with Linus Torvalds The Maverick</a>

<small>by anthonyq08 </small>

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	<p><small>06/08/2005 </small></p>

	<p>We wanted to interview Linus Torvalds because all the computers at our school 
run Linux. Mr. Torvalds lives in our neighborhood so we sent him an email and asked 
for an interview. </p>

	<p>So what happens when Linus Torvalds sits down with a high school freshman for 
an interview? You get to hear what every 15 year-old wants to know about our favorite 
open source software developer. </p>

	<p><b>Linus Torvalds Q &amp; A</b>, by Anthony Q.</p>

	<p><b>Q: What is something you want the public to know about Linux or yourself?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “Not a lot, I usually keep a low profile. I try to concentrate on the 
technical side. The nicest thing is that because Linux is open source, I don’t do 
any of the marketing stuff and I’ve never had a company around Linux. Other people 
have made companies around Linux. That means that I don’t have any incentive to 
go and spread the word.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: Did you ever imagine that you would become a famous computer programmer?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “No. When I grew up I actually wanted to be a scientist, I mean everyone 
dreams of being something. Being a famous scientist, when I was a teenager, was 
my goal in life. I guess it&#39;s close enough. It was more of a daydream.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What was your first computer?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “My first computer was a (were not that common in the US) commodore VIC 
20 which ran at one megahertz, not gigahertz, megahertz, and had 3 ½ kilobytes of 
memory. In many ways it was a very simple (computer) one. It’s much easier to get 
into computers when they are simple, so you can understand exactly what they are 
doing.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: Who was your idol when you were growing up, and is it the same now?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I didn’t have any particular one person, but if I had to pick one I would 
say Isaac Newton. The reason is I grew up in a family of journalists and scientists, 
and to some degree, it was the scientist side that I was thinking of. No rock stars 
or anything like that.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What do you like/dislike about the Riverdale school district?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I’m not very familiar, because my wife takes care of that stuff and helps 
around the grade school. Anyway we used to have the kids in private school in California, 
and the reason I wanted the kids to be in public school is I like the fact that 
people in the same neighborhood would be their buddies which has worked out really 
well.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: When did you know that Linux was going to “take off”?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “For me it was actually a long time ago. I started doing Linux in 1991 
and in early ’92, when I had done it for less than a year, there were already over 
100 people using it. It sounds like a small number, but for me personally it went 
from something that I used on my own computer and had some friends try out, to having 
over 100 people I didn’t know using it. That for me was the biggest step. After 
that it has obviously grown, but just growth.</p>

	<p><b>Q: What was your best memory of high school?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I don’t know. I actually enjoyed school very much, but I was never really 
a very good student. I got good grades but it was mostly the social side of high 
school, it wasn’t just one single event. Some people hate high school I actually 
enjoyed it, and like university even more.</p>

	<p><b>Q: What do you want to achieve in life?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “My goal is to do something fun and interesting, that makes a difference, 
and Linux has been all of that. In that sense I’ve achieved it and just want to 
continue it. It doesn’t have to be Linux, but just do something interesting. It 
doesn’t have to be something that helps people out, like I did Linux because it 
was fun and interesting, but I want to be relevant.</p>

	<p><b>Q: What do you want Linux to become or what is your final image?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I don’t have one. It’s a huge advantage, because Linux outgrew anything 
I ever wanted it to be so long ago. I don’t have a vision on where I want it (Linux) 
to go, I’m perfectly happy having other people give input on what they think is 
the problem which is great with a project like Linux. The fact that I don’t have 
a tunnel vision on where I want it to go means that I can collaborate with everyone, 
because I think it is cool how different people have different notions of what they 
think is the right thing to do.</p>

	<p><b>Q: What can kids my age (15) or younger do for Linux?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “Programming, not necessarily, because you need to learn about the system 
first. I think that’s what it boils down to. The best thing you can do is get into 
it and do whatever comes natural. What I did when I started was program small games 
for myself. You don’t start with, &#39;Hey there’s a big project and I want to get involved.&#39; 
You start off doing things that interest you. If you end up using Linux and learning 
the system, eventually you’ll get to the point where you’ll notice, &#39;Hey that doesn’t 
do what I want it to do&#39; and you’ll fix it yourself.</p>

	<p><b>Q: How can we help Linux grow?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “Linux growing isn’t the point, but I think It will happen as long as 
we keep the technology better, and that’s what I’m doing. The most important thing 
is use it, and helping other people use it. A lot of people find computers scary. 
Not Linux per se but computers in general and technology.</p>

	<p><b>Q: How many emails do you get from fans and how do you deal with them?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I deal with them mostly by ignoring them. I get too much email and the 
way I handle it is by just prioritizing it, very roughly. I only answer the stuff 
that I feel I must personally answer which tends to be technical stuff.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: How many emails about technical questions do you get?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “It&#39;s not that much. I actually know people who get more than I do.”
	</p>

	<p><b>Q: I heard that you have some people in front of you that answer questions like 
that. If they can&#39;t answer it, it&#39;s then sent to you?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “Right, and also, I don&#39;t encourage people to send me emails. I am only 
really in dialog with people that are really technical, which really cuts down on 
a long email. I think I get something like 50 personal emails a day, and they all 
tend to be really technical. The people that email me tend to be the &#39;lieutenants 
around me.&#39; I&#39;m on a mailing list, the kernel mailing list. The mailing lists are 
a couple hundred emails a day, but they&#39;re not personal to me so I don&#39;t read them 
all.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: Who helped in influencing you to keep making improvements to Linux?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “It hasn&#39;t been a single person per say, I mean it&#39;s been all the developers 
around me. The biggest motivational factor is just that people are using it. Having 
people give input on the issues helps too. It&#39;s mostly the community.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What was it like dating a martial arts champion?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “Tove actually stopped doing martial arts by the time we started dating. 
I&#39;ve not seen her do a lot of martial arts. It didn&#39;t make a huge difference.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: Were you considered a nerd in high school?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I was absolutely considered a nerd in high school. Not in a bad way, 
but I was known as the guy who always did good in math. I did have glasses, but 
no tape.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What&#39;s the best part about you, your life, and your job?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “About my job its the fact that I&#39;m self-motivated and I do what I want 
to do which very few people can actually do that. I actually consider most of my 
work to be my hobby. It&#39;s wonderful when you&#39;re good at your hobby and you get paid 
to do it.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: How do you make a living?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “Right now, I actually get a perfectly regular salary which is for this 
industry, which helps companies that use Linux and want to make sure Linux succeeds. 
(I work for the) Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) and I&#39;m just a regular employee.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What did you want your job to be when you were in elementary school?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “One of the people who influenced me was my grandpa who was a professor 
at Helsinki University and I really thought that I was going to be a professor at 
that university. </p>

	<p><b>Q: What are some funny things that happened to you or, that you did, when making 
Linux?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “Really early on when I was making Linux, one of the things I was really 
doing was reading Internet news from the university computer. I was dialing up to 
the university, I usually got a busy signal, so I programed an auto dialer. It would 
dial and if it got a busy signal, it would wait a minute then redial. I wasn&#39;t using 
Linux full time yet but was still using it. By mistake, I auto dialed my hard disc 
and basically I overwrote the operating system with the dial strings. So I had to 
decide if I would reinstall the OS I was using or start using Linux full time. I 
said OK, that&#39;s a sign, I&#39;ll start using Linux full time.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: How did you come up with the name TUX, and how did you come up with the name 
Linux?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “Tux I actually never came up with, I came up with the logo, but it never 
had a name. It&#39;s really short for Tuxedo. Linux was my working name for the system. 
I thought it was unprofessional to name it after myself. It was going to be released 
as Freeaks Free was for Free and also freaks for freaks. I didn&#39;t actually have 
a website of my own, this was before web sites. It was an FTP site. The guy who 
set it up didn&#39;t like the name Freeaks because he thought it was too unprofessional. 
I&#39;m actually happy it was named Linux because it was unprofessional.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: Is it hard to get Linux hackers (programmers) to work together?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “There are a lot of really good programmers that have a hard time communicating.<br>I consider one of my jobs to be a channel between different people. What helps is 
that the community has worked up. It can be interesting.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What be in the new 2.8 Kernel?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I don&#39;t know. We haven&#39;t made a 2.7 yet which is the unstable version 
because most people are really happy with the 2.6. The only reason would be more 
technology. So far we are just getting along because people are pretty happy.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What is your favorite website?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “Google.com”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What is your favorite computer game?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I don&#39;t really play a lot of games. I have PS2 and I played Prince of 
Persia. When Doom came out, I played it because there was a Linux client and I played 
for about three months.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What kind of questions do you like to be asked?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I talk to journalists a lot, and I find the slightly aggressive questions, 
where they try to put me on the spot. They aren&#39;t the greatest ones but I find them 
much more interesting.”</p>

	<p><b>Q: What are your future plans with life and also with Linux?</b></p>

	<p>Linus: “I try not to have a plan too far ahead. They way I work is what ends 
up happening is what people complain about, maybe not complain but the issues they 
bring up month to month.”</p>

	<p>My thoughts:</p>

	<p>When I first emailed Linus I was expecting to get a quick interview on how he made 
Linux and how he was this new Bill Gates. As I learned more and more about Linux 
and the community around it, which I now participate in, I learned that Linus is 
really there to help develop the new kernels so that people will enjoy Linux and 
have a say in it. I wanted to ask questions that he might want to be asked and wanted 
the public to know rather than create a whole biography on his life. What it boiled 
down to, was that I wanted to concentrate on now and not so much the past. I also 
wanted to get questions from his fans like, “What is your favorite website, What 
was your first computer and what was it like dating a martial arts champion?” This 
made it so that not just our school would want to read the interview, but the whole 
Linux community. </p>

	<p>I want to Thank Linus for the opportunity to interview him and hope we can do 
it again in a few years to see what has changed. </p>

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        <span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/44#comment-44">Anthony, I 
			like your inter</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span>
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/46#comment-46">The answers 
			are obviously ver</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not 
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        <a id="comment-53"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/53#comment-53">I liked your 
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/54#comment-54">Great interview. 
			Very intere</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span> </p>
        <a id="comment-58"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/58#comment-58">I don&#39;t want 
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/62#comment-62">Nice job! 
			Great interview.</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span> </p>
        <a id="comment-66"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/66#comment-66">Great article! 
			-Adam Monse</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span>
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/71#comment-71">Very nice 
			article, Anthony. J</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not 
			verified)</span> </p>
        <a id="comment-74"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/74#comment-74">Hi Anthony 
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/75#comment-75">I&#39;m &#39;part 
			of the Linux commun</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not 
			verified)</span> </p>
        <a id="comment-76"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/76#comment-76">Linux Torvalds 
			is definitely</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span>
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/77#comment-77">I am one of 
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        <a id="comment-78"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/78#comment-78">little correction: 
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/79#comment-79">Great interview 
			job, Young Ma</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span> </p>
        <a id="comment-80"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/80#comment-80">the reason 
			the article is get</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not 
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/81#comment-81">Great interview, 
			I was especi</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span> </p>
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			just wanted to</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span>
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/84#comment-84">Wonderful 
			flowing interview.</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not 
			verified)</span> </p>
        <a id="comment-85"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/85#comment-85">very interesting, 
			I never tho</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span>
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/86#comment-86">Excellent 
			interview. If only</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not 
			verified)</span> </p>
        <a id="comment-87"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/87#comment-87">ya it is fine 
			with me if you</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not verified)</span>
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/89#comment-89">Thank you 
			very much. the reas</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not 
			verified)</span> </p>
        <a id="comment-90"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/90#comment-90">This is the 
			BEST interview wi</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not 
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        <p><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/91#comment-91">Very good 
			interview. This dre</a> </span><span class="credit">by Anonymous (not 
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        <a id="comment-165"></a><span class="subject"><a href="?q=node/257/165#comment-165">FIRST OF 
			ALL THANK YOU EVERYO</a> </span><span class="credit">by anthonyq08</span>
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Torvalds Gives Inside Skinny on Git</a>(Apr 25, 2005) <br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2005030103026INKN">Linux 
Magazine: The Emperor Penguin</a>(Mar 01, 2005) </p>
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	<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Related Stories: <br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2005062701026INKNDV">The 
Oregonian: Linus Torvalds On...</a>(Jun 27, 2005) <br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2005062102226INKN">Good 
Morning Silicon Valley: An Interview with Linus Torvalds</a>(Jun 21, 2005) <br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2005061300726INKNSW">NewsForge: 
Linus Compares Linux and BSDs</a>(Jun 13, 2005) <br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-06-10-015-26-IN-KN">
The Maverick: An Interview with Linus Torvalds</a>(Jun 10, 2005)</p>
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<h2><a name="Etc">Etc</a></h2>

<p><b>Society</b></p>
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<p><b><a href="/Skeptics/groupthink.shtml"><font size="2">Groupthink</font></a><font size="2"> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/Two_party_system_as_poliarchy/index.shtml">Two Party System 
as Polyarchy</a> : 
<a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Casino_capitalism/Corruption_of_regulators/index.shtml">
Corruption of Regulators</a> :
<a href="/Social/Bureaucracy/index.shtml">Bureaucracies</a> :
<a href="/Social/Toxic_managers/Micromanagers/understanding_micromanagers.shtml">Understanding Micromanagers 
and Control Freaks</a> : <a href="/Social/Toxic_managers/index.shtml">Toxic Managers</a> :&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="/Skeptics/Pseudoscience/harvard_mafia.shtml">Harvard Mafia</a> :
<a href="/Social/Toxic_managers/Communication/diplomatic_communication.shtml">Diplomatic Communication</a> 
: <a href="/Social/Toxic_managers/surviving_a_bad_performance_review.shtml">Surviving a Bad Performance 
Review</a> : <a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/index.shtml">Insufficient Retirement Funds as 
Immanent Problem of Neoliberal Regime</a> : <a href="/Skeptics/index.shtml">PseudoScience</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/index.shtml">Who Rules America</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/Neoliberalism/index.shtml">Neoliberalism
</a>&nbsp;: <a href="/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/Elite_theory/iron_law_of_oligarchy.shtml">The Iron 
Law of Oligarchy</a> : </font><a href="/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/libertarianism.shtml">
<font size="2">Libertarian Philosophy</font></a></b></p>
</blockquote>

<p><b>Quotes</b></p>
<blockquote>

<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial"> 
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/war_and_peace_quotes.shtml">War and Peace</a> </font>
<font face="Arial"><font size="2">: <a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/financial_quotes.shtml">Skeptical 
Finance</a> : <a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/famous_galbraith_quotes.shtml">John 
Kenneth Galbraith</a> :<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/talleyrand_quotes.shtml">Talleyrand</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/oscar_wilde_quotes.shtml">Oscar Wilde</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/bismarck_quotes.shtml">Otto Von Bismarck</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/keynes_quotes.shtml">Keynes</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/george_carlin.shtml">George Carlin</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/skeptical_quotes.shtml">Skeptics</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/propaganda.shtml">Propaganda</a>&nbsp; : <a href="/SE/quotes.shtml">SE 
quotes</a> : <a href="/Lang/quotes.shtml">Language Design and Programming Quotes</a> :
<a href="/Bulletin/quotes.shtml">Random IT-related quotes</a> :&nbsp;
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/somerset_maugham.shtml">Somerset Maugham</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/marcus_aurelius.shtml">Marcus Aurelius</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/kurt_vonnegut_quotes.shtml">Kurt Vonnegut</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/eric_hoffer.shtml">Eric Hoffer</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/churchill_quotes.shtml">Winston Churchill</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/napoleon_quotes.shtml">Napoleon Bonaparte</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/ambrose_bierce.shtml">Ambrose Bierce</a> :&nbsp;
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/bernard_shaw.shtml">Bernard Shaw</a> : </font>
<a href="/Skeptics/Quotes/mark_twain_quotes.shtml"><font size="2">Mark Twain Quotes</font></a></font></b></p>
</blockquote>

<p><b>Bulletin:</b></p>
<blockquote>

<p><b><font face="Arial"><a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Bulletin/Sp2013_v25/bulletin25_12.shtml">
<font size="2">Vol 25, No.12 (December, 2013) Rational Fools vs. Efficient Crooks The efficient 
markets hypothesis</font></a><font size="2"> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/Bulletin/political_skeptic2013.shtml">
Political Skeptic Bulletin, 2013</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Unemployment/Bulletin/unempoyment2010.shtml">
Unemployment Bulletin, 2010</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Bulletin/Sp2011_v23/bulletin23_10.shtml">&nbsp;Vol 23, No.10 
(October, 2011) An observation about corporate security departments</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/Fifth_column/Color_revolutions/Euromaydan/Bulletin/euromaydan14_06.shtml">
Slightly Skeptical Euromaydan Chronicles, June 2014</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Casino_capitalism/12_Apostols_of_deregulation/Greenspan/Bulletin/greenspan_bulletin2008.shtml">
Greenspan legacy bulletin, 2008</a> :
<a href="/Bulletin/Sp2013_v25/bulletin25_10.shtml">Vol 25, No.10 (October, 2013) Cryptolocker Trojan 
(Win32/Crilock.A)</a> :
<a href="/Bulletin/Sp2013_v25/bulletin25_08.shtml">Vol 25, No.08 (August, 2013) Cloud providers 
as intelligence collection hubs</a> : 
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Humor/Bulletin/financial_humor2010.shtml">
Financial Humor Bulletin, 2010</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Inequality/Bulletin/inequality2009.shtml">
Inequality Bulletin, 2009</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Humor/Bulletin/financial_humor2008.shtml">
Financial Humor Bulletin, 2008</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Copyright/Bulletin/copyleft_problems2004.shtml">Copyleft Problems 
Bulletin, 2004</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Humor/Bulletin/financial_humor2011.shtml">
Financial Humor Bulletin, 2011</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Energy/Bulletin/energy_bulletin2010.shtml">
Energy Bulletin, 2010</a> : <a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Malware/Bulletin/malware2010.shtml">
Malware Protection Bulletin, 2010</a> : <a href="/Bulletin/Sp2014_v26/bulletin26_01.shtml">Vol 26, 
No.1 (January, 2013) Object-Oriented Cult</a> :
<a href="http://softpanorama.biz/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/Bulletin/political_skeptic2011.shtml">
Political Skeptic Bulletin, 2011</a> :
<a href="/Bulletin/Sp2011_v23/bulletin23_11.shtml">Vol 23, No.11 (November, 2011) Softpanorama classification 
of sysadmin horror stories</a> : <a href="/Bulletin/Sp2013_v25/bulletin25_05.shtml">Vol 25, No.05 
(May, 2013) Corporate bullshit as a communication method</a>&nbsp; : </font><a href="/Bulletin/Sp2013_v25/bulletin25_06.shtml">
<font size="2">Vol 25, No.06 (June, 2013) A Note on the Relationship of Brooks Law and Conway Law</font></a></font></b></p>
</blockquote>

<p align="left"><b>History:</b></p>
<blockquote>

<p><b><font face="Arial"><a href="/History/index.shtml"><font size="2">Fifty glorious years (1950-2000): 
the triumph of the US computer engineering</font></a><font size="2"> :
<a href="/People/Knuth/index.shtml">Donald Knuth</a> : <a href="/People/Knuth/taocp.shtml">TAoCP 
and its Influence of Computer Science</a> : <a href="/People/Stallman/index.shtml">Richard Stallman</a> 
: <a href="/People/Torvalds/index.shtml">Linus Torvalds</a>&nbsp; :
<a href="/People/Wall/index.shtml">Larry Wall </a>&nbsp;:
<a href="/People/Ousterhout/index.shtml">John K. Ousterhout</a> : <a href="/History/ctss.shtml">
CTSS</a> : <a href="/History/multix.shtml">Multix OS</a> <a href="/History/Unix/index.shtml">Unix 
History</a> : <a href="/People/Shell_giants/introduction.shtml">Unix shell history</a> :
<a href="/Editors/Vimorama/history.shtml">VI editor</a> :
<a href="/Scripting/Piporama/history.shtml">History of pipes concept</a> :
<a href="/Solaris/solaris_history.shtml">Solaris</a> : <a href="/History/dos_history.shtml">MS DOS</a> 
:&nbsp; <a href="/History/lang_history.shtml">Programming Languages History</a> :
<a href="/Lang/pl1.shtml">PL/1</a> : <a href="/Lang/simula67.shtml">Simula 67</a> :
<a href="/Lang/Cilorama/history.shtml">C</a> :
<a href="/People/Stallman/history_of_gcc_development.shtml">History of GCC development</a> :&nbsp;
<a href="/People/Scripting_giants/scripting_languages_as_vhll.shtml">Scripting Languages</a> :
<a href="/Scripting/Perlbook/Ch01/perl_history.shtml">Perl history&nbsp; </a>&nbsp;:
<a href="/History/os_history.shtml">OS History</a> : <a href="/Mail/history.shtml">Mail</a> :
<a href="/DNS/history.shtml">DNS</a> : <a href="/Net/Application_layer/SSH/ssh_history.shtml">SSH</a> 
: <a href="/History/cpu_history.shtml">CPU Instruction Sets</a> :
<a href="/Hardware/Sun/history_of_sparc.shtml">SPARC systems 1987-2006</a> :
<a href="/OFM/Paradigm/Ch03/norton_commander.shtml">Norton Commander</a> :
<a href="/Windows/Norton_utilities/history.shtml">Norton Utilities</a> :
<a href="/Windows/Ghosting/ghost_history.shtml">Norton Ghost</a> :
<a href="/Office/Frontpage/history.shtml">Frontpage history</a> :
<a href="/Malware/Malware_defense_history/index.shtml">Malware Defense History</a> :
<a href="/Utilities/Screen/history.shtml">GNU Screen</a> : </font>
<a href="/OSS/oss_early_history.shtml"><font size="2">OSS early history</font></a></font></b></p>
</blockquote>

<p><b>Classic books:</b></p>
<blockquote>

<p><b><font face="Arial"><a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/peter_principle.shtml"><font size="2">The Peter 
Principle</font></a><font size="2"> : <a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/parkinson_law.shtml">Parkinson 
Law</a> : <a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/nineteen_eighty_four.shtml">1984</a> :
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/tmmm.shtml">The Mythical Man-Month</a> :&nbsp;
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/polya_htsi.shtml">How to Solve It by George Polya</a> :
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/taocp.shtml">The Art of Computer Programming</a> :
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/teops.shtml">The Elements of Programming Style</a> :
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/unix_haters_handhook.shtml">The Unix Hater’s Handbook</a> :
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/jargon_file.shtml">The Jargon file</a> :
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/true_believer.shtml">The True Believer</a> :
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/programming_pearls.shtml">Programming Pearls</a> :
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/good_soldier_svejk.shtml">The Good Soldier Svejk</a> : </font>
<a href="/Bookshelf/Classic/power_elite.shtml"><font size="2">The Power Elite</font></a></font></b></p>
</blockquote>

<p><b>Most popular humor pages:</b></p>
<blockquote>

<p><font face="Arial"><b><a href="/Bulletin/Humor/Slackerism/it_slacker_manifest.shtml">
<font size="2">Manifest of the Softpanorama IT Slacker Society</font></a><font size="2"> :
<a href="/Bulletin/Humor/Slackerism/ten_commandments_of_software_slackerism.shtml">Ten Commandments 
of the IT Slackers Society</a> : <a href="/Bulletin/Humor/index.shtml">Computer Humor Collection</a> 
: <a href="/Bulletin/Humor/bsd_logo_story.shtml">BSD Logo Story</a> :
<a href="/Bulletin/Humor/cuckoo_egg.shtml">The Cuckoo&#39;s Egg </a>:
<a href="/Bulletin/Humor/slang.shtml">IT Slang</a> : <a href="/Lang/Cpp_rama/humor.shtml">C++ Humor</a> 
: <a href="/Bulletin/Humor/Archive/humor059.shtml">ARE YOU A BBS ADDICT?</a> :
<a href="/Bulletin/Humor/Archive/humor092.shtml">The Perl Purity Test</a> :
<a href="/Bulletin/Humor/Archive/humor065.shtml">Object oriented programmers of all nations</a> 
: <a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Humor/financial_humor.shtml">Financial Humor</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Humor/Bulletin/financial_humor2008.shtml">Financial Humor Bulletin, 
2008</a> : <a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Humor/Bulletin/financial_humor2010.shtml">Financial 
Humor Bulletin, 2010</a> : <a href="/Editors/humor.shtml">The Most Comprehensive Collection of Editor-related 
Humor</a> : <a href="/Lang/programming_languages_humor.shtml">Programming Language Humor</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Casino_capitalism/Systemic_instability_of_financial_sector/TBTF/Goldman_Sachs/humor.shtml">
Goldman Sachs related humor</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Casino_capitalism/Twelve_apostles_of_deregulation/Greenspan/greenspan_humor.shtml">
Greenspan humor</a> : <a href="/Lang/Cilorama/humor.shtml">C Humor</a> :
<a href="/Scripting/humor.shtml">Scripting Humor</a> :
<a href="/Bulletin/Humor/real_programmers_humor.shtml">Real Programmers Humor</a> :
<a href="/WWW/humor.shtml">Web Humor</a> : <a href="/Copyright/humor.shtml">GPL-related Humor</a> 
: <a href="/OFM/ofm_humor.shtml">OFM Humor</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/humor.shtml">Politically Incorrect Humor</a> :
<a href="/Security/IDS/humor.shtml">IDS Humor</a> : <a href="/Bulletin/Humor/linux_sucks.shtml">
&quot;Linux Sucks&quot; Humor </a>: <a href="/Links/Russian/Culture/Music/russian_musical_humor.shtml">Russian 
Musical Humor</a> : <a href="/Bulletin/Humor/best_russian_programmer_humor.shtml">Best Russian Programmer 
Humor</a> : <a href="/Bulletin/Humor/Archive/humor070.shtml">Microsoft plans to buy Catholic Church</a> 
: <a href="/People/Stallman/rms_related_humor.shtml">Richard Stallman Related Humor</a> :
<a href="/Admin/humor.shtml">Admin Humor</a> : <a href="/People/Wall/perl_related_humor.shtml">Perl-related 
Humor</a> : <a href="/People/Torvalds/linus_torvalds_related_humor.shtml">Linus Torvalds Related 
humor</a> : <a href="/Skeptics/humor.shtml">PseudoScience Related Humor</a> :
<a href="/Net/net_humor.shtml">Networking Humor</a> :
<a href="/Scripting/Shellorama/humor.shtml">Shell Humor</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Humor/Bulletin/financial_humor2011.shtml">Financial Humor Bulletin, 
2011</a> : <a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Humor/Bulletin/financial_humor2012.shtml">Financial 
Humor Bulletin, 2012</a> :
<a href="/Skeptics/Financial_skeptic/Humor/Bulletin/financial_humor2013.shtml">Financial Humor Bulletin, 
2013</a> : <a href="/Lang/Javarama/humor.shtml">Java Humor</a> : <a href="/SE/humor.shtml">Software 
Engineering Humor</a> : <a href="/Solaris/humor.shtml">Sun Solaris Related Humor</a> :
<a href="/Education/humor.shtml">Education Humor</a> : <a href="/Admin/Tivoli/ibm_humor.shtml">IBM 
Humor</a> : <a href="/Lang/Asmorama/humor.shtml">Assembler-related Humor</a> :
<a href="/Editors/Vimorama/vim_humor.shtml">VIM Humor</a> : <a href="/Malware/humor.shtml">Computer 
Viruses Humor</a> : <a href="/Bulletin/Humor/Archive/humor034.shtml">Bright tomorrow is rescheduled 
to a day after tomorrow</a> : <a href="/Bulletin/Humor/classic_computer_humor.shtml">Classic Computer 
Humor</a> </font></b></font></p>
</blockquote>

<p align="left"><b><a href="/Bulletin/Humor/last_but_not_least.shtml">The Last but not Least</a> </b> <em>Technology is dominated by 
two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage and those who manage what they do not understand ~Archibald Putt. 
Ph.D</em></p>

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