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Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.

Linus Torvalds

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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.
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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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I love making friends.... it's people I can't stand.
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I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is why I also want it done well.
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If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system.
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A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.
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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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The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.
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If it is relevant there is always somebody else out there.
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