When Linux Torvalds put the first version of his operating system kernel on Usenet in 1991, he had no idea what it would become.<\/p>\n
\u201cI credit the fact that I didn\u2019t know what the hell I was setting myself up for for a lot of the success of Linux,\u201d Torvalds told IEEE Spectrum<\/a><\/strong> in a recent interview.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I had known what I know today when I started, I would never have had the chutzpah to start writing my own operating system – you need a certain amount of na\u00efvet\u00e9 to think that you can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n IEEE Spectrum highlighted<\/a><\/strong> four factors that led to Linux flourishing:<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that I didn\u2019t really know where it would end up meant that I was perhaps more open to outside suggestions and influence than I would have been if I had a very good idea of what I wanted to accomplish,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Torvalds said\u00a0people didn\u2019t have to sign on to somebody else\u2019s vision, but could join with their own vision of where things should go.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that helped motivate lots of people.\u201d<\/p>\n Linux kernel 4.4 released<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Linux encryption ransomware hacked \u2013 how to get your files back<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n New encryption ransomware targets Linux servers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n
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