alt Hacker News>was famously blasted by Linus for not having industry experience.
I answered my own question (where to read more about this), and found the relevant information from https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/appa.html
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abraae • 11/08/2024
This is a fantastic read, thanks for linking it. Linus's pragmatic approach really comes to the fore.
> To put this discussion into perspective, when it occurred in 1992, [...] many companies that are household names today--Netscape, Yahoo, Excite--simply did not exist.
That sure has aged interestingly since 1999.