Hosting dinner for Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds and David Cutler

by weinzierlon 6/21/25, 9:35 PMwith 5 comments
by boricjon 6/21/25, 9:50 PM

I recall reading in Just for Fun that Linus described VMS as horrible and reading in Showstopper that Dave hated Unix (allegedly quipping "Get a byte, get a byte, get a byte byte byte" when asked about its I/O model).

I can only imagine the awkwardness around the table if the topic of operating systems came up during the dinner.

by teleforceon 6/22/25, 2:48 PM

They should have invited the Woz for the sake of completeness.

by whobreon 6/21/25, 10:01 PM

And the hell just froze over...

Love it!

by znpyon 6/22/25, 3:54 PM

all i can think is: "you were supposed to destroy the sith, not join them"