Just for Fun

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:12:27-0700 (PDT) 

From: Linus Torvalds 

To: David Diamond 

Subject:Ho humm..

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I hope this is still your email address. I noticed 

that I didn't have any contact information for you 

anywhere, probably because I've trashed your business 

card along with all the others, and because you've 

actually contacted me by phone much more than by 

email.

I've thought a lot over the weekend, and if you're 

interested, I think I'm getting more and more interested. 

Let's cut a deal: If you think we can make a 

fun book, and more importantly if you think we can 

have fun making it, let's go for it. You'd drag me 

(with family) camping and (without family) skydiving. 

Things that I wouldn't ever do otherwise, just 

because I think I'm too busy. Give me an excuse to do 

the things I haven't done during the last three years 

even though all the opportunities are there . . . So 

maybe I wouldn't read a book about me when it's done, 

but at least I'd have fun with it.

Linus

... And sometimes, revolutionaries just get stuck with it.

Linus Torvalds