Transcript of Jim Zemlin Talking About His Wife's (Sheela Microsoft) Reaction to Linux
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-08-24 03:06:45 UTC
- Modified: 2022-08-24 03:06:45 UTC
Summary: We now have a transcript of a video published here yesterday to illuminate who runs the Linux Foundation
Further context:
Sheela Microsoft (Zemlin) Does Not Like Linux and Jim Zemlin Idolises Bill Gates
The video:
The transcript:
[00:00]
JZ: I love to tell this story and so many of you have heard this before, so forgive me, of my first blind date with my now wife. Whose company just went public a week and a half ago. She's one of the first, like maybe one of the first dozen chief revenue officers
[00:15]
JZ: of a publicly traded company. She's a very type A person, went to Harvard Business School. Our first blind date, she asked my what I do, well, I work at this Open Source organization. It's a non-profit. We give away software. The look of disappointment was
[00:30]
JZ: palpable.
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