Bill Gates failed to create an organization that would thrive in his absence. We’ll see how Steve Jobs did in a few more years (it seems likely that he did better, but he also had the famous “reality distortion field”, which Linus doesn’t). Steve Jobs also got kicked out of his own company for a bunch of years.
Steve Jobs also got kicked out of his own company for a bunch of years.
During which time the company tanked.
In any case, your argument was that Linus might have better succeeded in “taking over the world” if he had used a less confrontational style. My point is that the people who did “take over the world” used the same style.
Bill Gates failed to create an organization that would thrive in his absence. We’ll see how Steve Jobs did in a few more years (it seems likely that he did better, but he also had the famous “reality distortion field”, which Linus doesn’t). Steve Jobs also got kicked out of his own company for a bunch of years.
During which time the company tanked.
In any case, your argument was that Linus might have better succeeded in “taking over the world” if he had used a less confrontational style. My point is that the people who did “take over the world” used the same style.