Bonum Certa Men Certa

It's Over 900,000! (Jim Zemlin's Salary Soared to $1.15 Million in 2019)

Imposter rewards himself: Jim Zemlin's Salary More Than Doubled in Just 5 Years (From $500,000 to $1,150,000 in Six Years), Unlike Linus Torvalds' | The Linux Foundation Got Rid of 31 Employees in 2019 (When It Fired All the Editors and All the Contributors of Linux.com Despite Revenue Soaring) | Linux Foundation Revenue Plunges ($18,000,000 Decrease in One Year) and Jim Zemlin's Wife Has Her Company Sued for Securities Fraud (Class Action) | The Linux Foundation Exceeds $100,000,000 in Revenue and Jim Zemlin Now Pays Himself About a Million Dollars a Year While 'His' Foundation Operates at a Loss of $732,261 | Linux Foundation Has Moved to More Expensive Offices, Based on IRS Papers

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Source (of screenshots): IRS tax forms

Summary: The Linux Foundation's chief, who does not use Linux and does not meet the qualifications that ought to be required for this job, is 'pulling a Baker'

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Zemlin and Gates
Jim Zemlin had this slide just months ago, even after Bill Gates had been exposed for the Jeffrey Epstein scandals.



Go away, Linux users
Jim knows his "true masters"

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