acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

ACM Opinion

Linus Torvalds: Linux Succeeded Thanks to Selfishness and Trust


View as: Print Mobile App Share:
Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds developed Linux in 1991 while at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Credit: Millennium Technology Prize

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has won the Millennium Technology Prize and an accompanying cheque for 600,000 euros ($756,000; £486,000) from the Technology Academy of Finland. He was nominated for the award in recognition of the fact he had created the original Linux operating system and has continued to decide what modifications should be made to the Linux kernel—the code that lets software and hardware work together.

From BBC News
View Full Article

 


 

No entries found

Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account