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" 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. "

Linus Torvalds

Just Because

Unexpected

Random

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Linus Torvalds

People

Software

" 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. "

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

Linus Torvalds

Been

University

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

" I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works. "

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

" 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. "

Linus Torvalds

Feeling

Fame

" 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. "

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

Linus Torvalds

Geek

Front

" 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.' "

" 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. "

Linus Torvalds

End

Know

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