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The Linux philosophy is laugh in the face of danger. Oops. Wrong one. Do it yourself. That's it.
Linus Torvalds
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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up without having pre-conceptions of how I should deal with it. My only long-range plan has been and still is just the very general plan of making Linux better.
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I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to.
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I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.
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I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.
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I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself.
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To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.
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It just makes it even harder for people to even approach the (open source) side, when they then end up having to worry about public humiliation.
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Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.
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Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good, and I think it is good in technology as well.
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I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.
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