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

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" In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved. "

" I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies end up pushing it in the direction they want, and as such you end up with something that is pretty balanced across the board. "

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

" 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'. "

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

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

" Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge. "

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

" An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing. "

" The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I get the biggest enjoyment from the random and unexpected places. Linux on cellphones or refrigerators, just because it's so not what I envisioned it. Or on supercomputers. "

" When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.' "

" I lose sleep if I end up feeling bad about something I've said. Usually that happens when I send something out without having read it over a few times, or when I call somebody names. "

" To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together. "

" 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. "

" Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them. "

" What commercialism has brought into Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up. "