Linus Torvalds is far richer than Bill Gates

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I figured the author would be judging Torvalds wealth by something other than money, but really, are we so limited in how we can measure wealth that the ability to tell people off is the best we or Torvalds can do.

Is saying 'FU' a measurement for wealth? A homeless person can say it to anybody they please with no reprecussions, so is a homeless person equally as wealthy as Torvalds?

I'm a bit disappointed in myself for even responding to this and feeding the troll.

Wealth can be measured on many different domains , so yes a homeless person may have more "fuck you net worth" than torvalds but poorer on many other (eg money , intellectual , happiness , ect ...)

Plus as with monetary wealth "fuck you" wealth has a point were happiness from it plateaus. Like a 10 billion dollars compared to 1 billion isn't going to increase your happiness much.

Bill Gates is retired.

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