I'm still in contact with Mixu, and yes he was banned.
He does kinda miss the place, but he does show some disliking to the mods [specifically one, which I'm not naming].
Not quite. The Linux kernel was developed by Mr. Torvalds. The overall Operating Systems are made by volunteers from all over the world. And he's from a Swedish-speaking family with a Swedish name, so it's unlikely he'll get any heroic statues or monuments around the University of Helsinki like he deserves.
He's also notoriously difficult to get along with, which might curtail him getting proper recognition. Not that the IEEE Pioneer Award is anything to sneer at. But he might have gotten the full IEEE Medal of Honor by this point if he wasn't such an asshole. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45664640
@Dan Thank you for bringing up the points that I wondered if I should add or not. As you might see, I wanted to make a short fact card without a long rant. I thought "originally" and "developed" were sufficient to convey that he was the first while others continued after that. *shrug* I see that it came across differently.
Being a Swedish speaking Finn means that the person in question is still a Finn. Statues of Finns with Swedish (or other non-Finnish) names can be found all over Finland, so that is not a thing... If one wants to nitpick.
Being an asshole is another thing that makes me shrug. Clearly he is not a charismatic person. But then again, I do not see how that links to the fact card...
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