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I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.
Linus Torvalds
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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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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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Whoever came up with hold the shift key for eight seconds to turn on 'your keyboard is buggered' mode should be shot.
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I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.
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Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
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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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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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Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.
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Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.
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I think the term intellectual property should be avoided, not because it's a bad term, but because it mixes things up that shouldn't be mixed up. There are different forms, and they hardly have anything to do with each other.
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If it is relevant there is always somebody else out there.
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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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I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.
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Software is like sex. It's only good when it's for free.
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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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The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few basic concepts.
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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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