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The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.

Linus Torvalds

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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.
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The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.
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All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less
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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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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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Software is like sex. It's only good when it's for free.
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Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only then, have you reached the level where you can safely read it and try to use it to actually implement a driver.
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One of the reasons that I really don't mind that people are selling Linux commercially is exactly because it does make me feel good that people use the product.
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