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I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

Linus Torvalds

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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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Bill Gates really seems to be much more of a business man than a technologist, while I prefer to think of Linux in technical terms rather than as a means to money.
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I seldom get self-righteous, and even when I am being impolite (almost always on purpose - there's an art to insulting people, too), I tend to try to not be too serious about it. And most of the time it means that I can take criticism constructively, and sometimes just change my opinion on the fly and laugh at myself over having turned on a dime.
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A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows
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To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.
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I think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.
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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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I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler kernel. I don't find anything technically interesting there.
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Software is like sex. It's only good when it's for free.
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If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.
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Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral.
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I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more.
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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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It was such a relief to program in user mode for a change. Not having to care about the small stuff is wonderful.
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When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.'
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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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When somebody who is different shows himself to be different in a good way, that's how development happens.
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Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.
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Quite frankly, even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.
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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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