Finnish-American software engineer who created the Linux kernel (1991) — the operating system that runs most of the world's servers, Android phones, and supercomputers — and Git (2005) — the version control system used by virtually every software developer on Earth.
Created the dominant server operating system and the universal version control system — Linux's open-source model (combined with the GPL license) proved that collaborative open-source development could build better software than corporate teams; Git's distributed model solved the fundamental problem of coordinating code changes across thousands of contributors.
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