A conversation with Linus at LinuxCon Japan

A conversation with Linus at LinuxCon Japan

He also no longer jokes about world domination; it was only funny when it was obviously meant in jest.

I saw Linus speak once, at the Mozilla launch party all those years ago. He mentioned the world domination thing, and he said, "And you think I'm kidding." He wasn't kidding, not even a little bit, and I don't think he ever has been. He pretended to be kidding because it was such an outrageous thing to say.

Now it's a dangerous thing to say, so he doesn't say it anymore, but he's still not kidding.