Linus Torvalds (1969~，以Linux, Git等著名) ： 他打造了歷史上使用最廣泛的開發者工具，僅僅是因為他感到惱火。 然後，他又免費贈送了 Git，因為他認為它應該免費供所有人使用。

 Linus Torvalds本來可以比Elon Musk更富有，但他選擇了不走這條路。

2005年，他的團隊一夜之間失去了管理Linux程式碼的工具的存取權。

一位開發者對其進行了逆向工程，而該工具背後的公司在沒有任何警告的情況下切斷了他們的服務。

成千上萬的開發者，無法協作，也沒有任何備份方案。

Torvalds沒有驚慌失措，他坐下來從零開始建立了自己的版本控制系統。

僅僅花了10天。

他將其命名為Git。在發布當天，它就開始追蹤自己的原始碼。幾週之內，它就管理了整個Linux專案。到2005年底，Git 1.0正式發布。

然後，他將其免費開源，沒有公司，沒有專利，也沒有盈利。

幾個月後，他將專案移交給他人，然後像什麼都沒發生一樣繼續開發Linux。

其他人看到了他留下的寶貴遺產。

GitHub正是基於Git而建立，擁有1億開發者。微軟於 2018 年以 75 億美元收購了 GitLab。 GitLab 於 2021 年上市，估值近 120 億美元。如今，Git 控制著超過 85% 的版本控制市場。

你手機上的每個應用，你造訪的每一個網站，都是用 Git 建構的。

托瓦茲本人並未從中獲利。

他打造了歷史上使用最廣泛的開發者工具，僅僅是因為他感到惱火。

然後，他又免費贈送了 Git，因為他認為它應該免費供所有人使用。

而且，他從未後悔過。

Linus Torvalds could have been richer than Elon Musk, He chose not to be.

In 2005 his team lost access to the tool they used to manage Linux code overnight.

A developer had reverse-engineered it and the company behind it cut them off without warning.

Thousands of developers, No way to collaborate, No backup plan.

Torvalds did not panic, He sat down and built his own version control system from scratch.

In 10 days.

He called it Git, On day one it was already tracking its own source code, Within weeks it was managing the entire Linux project, By end of 2005 Git 1.0 was officially released.

Then he gave it away for free, Open source, No company. No patents, No monetization.

He handed the project off after a few months and went back to working on Linux like nothing happened.

Other people saw what he left on the table.

GitHub built on top of it, 100 million developers. Microsoft bought it in 2018 for $7.5 billion. GitLab went public in 2021 at nearly $12 billion. Today Git controls over 85% of the version control market.

Every app on your phone, Every website you visit. Built using Git.

Torvalds made $0 from any of it.

He built the most used developer tool in history because he was annoyed.

Then gave it away because he believed it should be free for everyone.

And he has never once said he regrets it.

Linus Torvalds
Torvalds at the LinuxCon Europe 2014
Born	Linus Benedict Torvalds 28 December 1969 (age 56) Helsinki, Finland
Citizenship	Finland United States[1]
Alma mater	University of Helsinki (M.S.)[2]
Occupation	Software engineer
Employer	Linux Foundation
Known for	Linux, Git

Linus Benedict Torvalds^[a] (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel since 1991. He also created the distributed version control system Git.

Torvalds was one of the recipients of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize "in recognition of his creation of a new open source operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel".^[4] He is also the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award^[5] and the 2018 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award.^[6]