Just for fun: how a bored Finnish student changed the IT industry twice
Summary
This article looks back at how Linus Torvalds helped reshape the IT industry through Linux and Git. It explains how Linux grew from a personal project into a core open-source platform used across enterprise software and cloud infrastructure. It also covers how Git became the dominant version-control system and enabled modern distributed software development. The piece frames Torvalds as a central figure in the rise of open source and the broader software ecosystem.
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