• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    14 hours ago

    created one of the most popular operating systems on Earth, and then gave it away for free

    He didn’t created it alone and “then” gave it away for free. Since it’s begging Linux was free and that created a community who made it the most popular OS.

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      13 hours ago

      Yes. It’s called summarizing. Obviously it’s a bit more complicated. I’m not writing an essay on the history of Linux here.

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        11 hours ago

        We would all settle for you not making idiotic comments that mislead anyone who isn’t already informed about this, you might know them as “the vast majority of people”

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          That comment isn’t misleading, unless you interpret “creator” as “sole contributor”