Torvalds leaves Silicon Valley for Oregon

Linux leader and founder Linus Torvalds is moving with his family to Portland, Ore., farther from hectic Silicon Valley and closer to his employer, the Open Source Development Labs in Beaverton. Until changing jobs nearly a year ago, Torvalds worked at Transmeta, a processor designer in Santa Clara, Calif.

"For the last year, since I've been working entirely remotely, we've been in the position that we could live anywhere," Torvalds said in an e-mail interview. "The weather scares us a bit, but on the other hand we know a lot of people up there, and they all seem happy. And it's bound to be less crazy than Silicon Valley."

[jon1good1]

Moving to Portland

It is a good idea for people to move to Portland so they can
really appreciate how good they had it elsewhere.
...Less crazy than Silicon Valley? Think again. Just crazy in a
different way ... plus rain.

[Jeff Putz]

I love Oregon

Good for him. Silicon Valley is not the center of the universe. Beaverton (and really most of Oregon) is very nice, and the people there are more interesting.