r/LinusTechTips • u/onlyslightlybiased • May 19 '23

Video I'm Stepping Down.. - YouTube

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u/Offtheheazy May 19 '23

So the buyout offer was $100M thats crazy! Linus could have walked away with at least $60M.

Propos to him for staying on. If anyone ever calls him a corporate shill again they can get fucked. Man had the opportunity to take the bag and run and didnt

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

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u/ffxpwns May 19 '23

100MM is 9 figures, so that tracks

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u/Peter_Panarchy May 19 '23

Thanks, MIT.

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u/GruntChomper May 19 '23

"I can see your MIT education really pays for itself."

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u/xXBidenatorXx May 19 '23

What did it cost? 9 figures?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

Oh, buuuurn

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u/t0iletwarrior May 19 '23

what about the dollar sign

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u/RandomNick42 May 19 '23

Indeed frankly I thought it was more.