Long-time rivals Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time, have dinner. It is quite a surprise that the kingpins behind Windows and Linux never met previously. An extraordinary image has been shared on LinkedIn, capturing the first meeting between two legends of the tech world. In the center of the group photo, you can see Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds standing shoulder-to-shoulder - or actually they look more friendly than that.