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" Fairly cheap home computing was what changed my life. "

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" I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs. "

" You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior. "

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

" I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat. "

" I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things. "

" Software is like sex: it's better when it's free. "

" I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project. "

" I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference. "

" I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux. "

" There were open source projects and free software before Linux was there. Linux in many ways is one of the more visible and one of the bigger technical projects in this area, and it changed how people looked at it because Linux took both the practical and ideological approach. "

" 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. "

" No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal. "

" The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children. "

" I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product. "

" If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad. "

" Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'. "

" Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it. "

" I've actually found the image of Silicon Valley as a hotbed of money-grubbing tech people to be pretty false, but maybe that's because the people I hang out with are all really engineers. "

" 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. "

" Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day. "

" I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly. "

" The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. "

" Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. "

" 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. "

" When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver. "

" Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime. "

" If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won. "

" Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software. "

" Any program is only as good as it is useful. "

" I don't think I'm unusual in preferring my laptop to be thin and light. "