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I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.
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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Linux has more than satisfied any small initial expectations I had. It's simply incredible how successful Linux has been, and how good a time I've had developing it and leading the project. It does take a lot of my time, but it's time I really enjoy spending, and Linux has continued to be challenging both technically and from a managing standpoint.
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You know, the mark of intelligence is realizing when you're making the same mistake over and over and over again, and not hitting your head in the wall five hundred times before you understand that it's not a clever thing to do.
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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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There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works but only want to use it is not only a tribute to how good Linux is, but it also brings up issues that I would never have thought of otherwise.
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In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.
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When somebody who is different shows himself to be different in a good way, that's how development happens.
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I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.
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The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail.
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Don't hurry your code. Make sure it works well and is well designed. Don't worry about timing.
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Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.
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