Just for Fun: the Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
"Entertaining ... Insights into how the mind of a creative developer works." -Newsweek LINUS TORVALDS Creator of LINUX and DAVID DIAMOND Just for FUN or THE STORY OF AN ACCIDENTAL REVOLU TIONARY LINUS TORVALDS, CREATOR OF LINUX, AND DAVID DIAMOND HARPER "ls the Linux Revolution Over" beginning on page 186 is reprinted from ZD Net, August 26, 1999, with permission. Copyright© 1999, ZD Net Inc. All rights reserved. JUST FOR FUN. Copyright© 2001 by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond. Al{ rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Publishers Inc., JO East 53rd Street, New York, NY J0022. HarperCollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promo tional use. For information please write: Special Markets Department, Harper Collins Publishers Inc., JO East 53rd Street, NewYork, NY 10022. First HarperBusiness paperback edition published 2002 Designed by Fritz Metsch The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows: Torvalds, Linus, 1969- just for fun : the story of an accidental revolutionary I Linus Torvalds and David Diamond. p. cm. ISBN 0-06-662072-4 (he) 1. Torvalds, Linus, 1969- 2. Computer programmers-Finland-Biography. 3. Linux. I. Diamond, David. II. Title. QA76.2.T67 T67 2001 005.1'092-dc21 (BJ 00-054199 ISBN 0-06-662073-2 (pbk.) 12 RRD 1211 To Tove and Patricia, Daniela, and Celeste. I always wanted to be surroundedby young women, and you made it so.
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