(a) play better with others
• (b) take your toy and go home
Those are the choices.
• Torvalds, Linus (2024-10-05),Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs fixes for 6.12-rc2 , retrieved: 2025-07-01
• (b) take your toy and go home
Those are the choices.
• Torvalds, Linus (2024-10-05),
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You're a smart person. I feel like I've given you enough hints. Why don't you sit back and think about it, and let's make it clear: you have exactly two choices here:
— Linus Torvalds
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "You're a smart person. I feel like I've given you enough hints. Why don't you sit back and think about it, and let's make it clear: you have exactly two choices here:" in the context of "(a) play better with others
• (b) take your toy and go home
Those are the choices.
• Torvalds, Linus (2024-10-05),
Source: Wikiquote: "Linus Torvalds" (Quotes, 2010s, 2024)
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About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
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