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" 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. "

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" I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing. "

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

" I personally think of Linux development as being pretty non-localized, and I work with all the people entirely over e-mail - even if they happen to be working in the Portland area. "

" 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. "

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

" In many ways, I am very happy about the whole Linux commercial market because the commercial market is doing all these things that I have absolutely zero interest in doing myself. "

" My name is Linus, and I am your God. "

" The thing I love about diving is the flowing feeling. I like a sport where the whole point is to move as little as humanly possible so your air supply will last longer. That's my kind of sport. Where the amount of effort spent is absolutely minimal. "

" 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. "

" I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming. "

" 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. "

" Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer. "

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

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

" The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies. "

" To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. "

" In many cases, the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary. "

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" In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny. "

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

" See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too. "

" The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail. "

" I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues. "

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

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

" By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them. "

" People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born. "

" I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.' "

" I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places. "

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

" I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself. "