“Don't bother. Bram doesn't know what he's talking about.”

— Linus Torvalds

Linus vs. Bram Cohen, 2005-04-27, Torvalds, Linus, 2013-10-03 http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0504/2197.html, <br class="br">2000s, 2005

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