Hats off,indeed! On 24-Aug-2016 21:12, "Arun Khan" <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I agree. Linus' biggest contribution in my view is that he took Open Source to the mainstream, otherwise it would have just remained in academia. By being pragmatic and agreeing to co-opt with the commercial concerns (rather than view them as the "other") and he himself being idealist really pushed the revolution. Shows that you can be an idealist and a realist at the same time. "Free Software" and "Open Source" can co-exist. Some of us are lucky to be living off grants, but that does not mean we look down on people who need to earn their living.