Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a> Meets <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>'s Founder <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>'s Creator <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LinusTorvalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinusTorvalds</span></a> Cross Paths For First Time in 50yr<br>Both of them were seen at a dinner hosted by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MarkRussinovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkRussinovich</span></a>, CTO of Microsoft <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Azure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Azure</span></a><br>Gates focuses on innovation through acquisition and corporate control, but Linux's creator is all about collaboration.<br>Probably, difference in ideologies is primary reason why they haven't met, but apart from that, there isn't known enmity between them.<br><a href="https://wccftech.com/microsoft-founder-bill-gates-and-linux-creator-linus-torvalds-cross-paths-for-the-first-time-in-50-years/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wccftech.com/microsoft-founder</span><span class="invisible">-bill-gates-and-linux-creator-linus-torvalds-cross-paths-for-the-first-time-in-50-years/</span></a></p>