Sunshine (she/her) to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 month agoHow did Linus Torvalds fight off the naysayers?message-square14fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareHow did Linus Torvalds fight off the naysayers?Sunshine (she/her) to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
I would imagine a lot of critics went up to him and proudly proclaimed that “Linux will never reach 1% marketshare!”
minus-square@NeoNachtwaechterlink10•1 month agoLinus and Linux did not start with a business plan! There were no naysayers. There were some critics regarding very specific technical aspects, for example regarding the monolithic architecture (that was improved only much later).
Linus and Linux did not start with a business plan!
There were no naysayers. There were some critics regarding very specific technical aspects, for example regarding the monolithic architecture (that was improved only much later).