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It would be a tragedy if he had to spend his time managing a bunch of money he can't take with him anyway instead of doing what he loves and benefiting us all. It would be as big a waste as if he was broke and had to flip burgers to make ends meet. This is a rare case where reality seems to actually be optimized for all involved.

We, the collective we, have done exceptionally well in this deal, and Linus probably has as well.



I, for one, would welcome such a tragedy.


Of course you would. So would I. That's why he wrote the kernel and we... didn't.


You only need to spend time managing money if you want to make the most of it.

If you plonk €Xmillion in a bank account getting 2% interest per year, you can forget about it and you and your family can live quite happily.


Rarely would you get higher than inflation returns from just parking money in a bank. In reality it just gets eroded away.


True. Which means that with "just" $1mil, he's going to have to manage his money a bit more than if he had tens of millions.

(maybe there should be a "thank linus" day sometime)


You make it sound like such an onerous task to manage tens of millions of dollars. Sure he might feel the need to spend some time on it - but he might just as likely leave it to an investment manager or put it in an index fund. Or even invest some of it in a startup or two.




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