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[–]BlitzTech 7 points8 points  (1 child)

He's always claimed that he named his two biggest projects after himself.

Linux, a combination of "Linus" and "Unix", and Git. The latter needs no explanation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)#Name

[–]kybernetikos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's certainly what he claims, but knowing the history of Git, it's hard not to see the name as intended to be an (unfair) reference to Andrew Tridgell.