Around 2000, Steve Jobs tried to recruit Linus Torvalds to Apple — but only if he abandoned Linux 💬
Torvalds refused, rejecting Apple’s closed model and the Mach kernel design 🧱
That choice kept Linux independent, shaping today’s open computing world 🌐
A quiet fork in tech history.

🔗 https://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/22/steve-jobs-tried-to-hire-linux-creator-linus-torvalds-to-work-on-os-x/

#TechNews #Linux #Apple #SteveJobs #LinusTorvalds #OpenSource #OSX #Freedom #Privacy #Governance #Innovation #Computing #Technology #History #FOSS #iPhone #iOS

Around 2000, Steve Jobs tried to recruit Linus Torvalds to Apple — but only if he abandoned Linux 💬
Torvalds refused, rejecting Apple’s closed model and the Mach kernel design 🧱
That choice kept Linux independent, shaping today’s open computing world 🌐
A quiet fork in tech history.

🔗 https://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/22/steve-jobs-tried-to-hire-linux-creator-linus-torvalds-to-work-on-os-x/

#TechNews #Linux #Apple #SteveJobs #LinusTorvalds #OpenSource #OSX #Freedom #Privacy #Governance #Innovation #Computing #Technology #History #FOSS #iPhone #iOS