Linus+Torvalds

__Linus Torvalds__ Linus Torvalds was born on December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland. Linus had a interest in computers at a very young age and mainly influenced by his maternal grandfather. Linus Torvalds enrolled at the University of Helsinki in 1988 where he studied computer science.After buying a PC with an Intel 386 CPU, he began using Minix, an Unix-inspired operating system created by Andrew Tannenbaum for use as a teaching tool.Linus was not impressed with the system in general and in particular he lamented its inability to do terminal emulation, which he needed so he could connect to the university's computers. Linus decided to do the terminal emulation program himself, independently of Minix. Those were the first two steps into the creation of linux. (http://www.linux.org/info/linus.html)

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media type="custom" key="834117" width="191" height="167" Linus Torvalds states that without the GNU software from the Free Software Foundation such as the GNU C compiler it would not have been possible to develop the Linux kernel or most of the "open source" programs. The combination of the GNU operating system and the Linux kernel make up what is called the GNU/Linux operating system. Torvalds also states that he agrees and uses the GNU General Public License (GPL).

__ Open Source Development Laboratory __ In June of 2003, Linus left Transmeta in order to focus exclusively on the Linux kernel and began to work under the auspices of the Open Souece Development Labs //([|OSDL])// a consortium formed by high-tech companies which include IBM, Hewlett-Packard, [|corporate_intel_corp|kC2B|s|Intel], [|AMD], [|RedHat], [|Novell] and many others. The purpose of the consortium is to promote Linux development. [|OSDL] merged with The Free Standards Group in January 2007 to become The Linux Foundation (http://www.linux.org/info/linus.html). The Linux Foundation provides neutral collaboration forums so companies and individuals can work together to solve the challanges facing the Linux platform. The open source has transformed software development by providing faster demand side learning, higher quality, better security, shorter development cycles, and lower prices than closed platform development models (http://osdl.org/en/About).