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Linus Torvalds
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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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No problem is too big it can't be run away from
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I'm simply too content doing what I want to do to really have a very negative attitude towards MicroSoft. They make bad products - so what? I don't need to care, because I happily don't have to use them, and writing my own alternative has been a very gratifying experience in many ways.
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I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.
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Being open source meant that I could work on the technical side (along with lots of other people), and others who had the interest and inclination could start up companies around it.
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If you like using CVS, you should be in some kind of mental institution or somewhere else.
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A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows
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That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
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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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Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.
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I don't go to conferences quite as much as I used to: having a child and movin away from the university leaves me with less time, but I've tried to balance things out - not just spending time with Linux all the time, but having a real job and a real life at the same time.
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The cyberspace 'earnings' I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return.
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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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Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is right or not, you are morally corrupt. Let's not go there. We don't base our morality on law.
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Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.
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I don't actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized people don't throw their panties at me. I'm a perfectly normal person sitting in my den just doing my job.
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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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While I may not get any money from Linux, I get a huge personal satisfaction from having written something that people really enjoy using, and that people find to be the best alternative for their needs.
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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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We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
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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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