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

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" Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests. "

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" I've been very happy with the commercial Linux CD-ROM vendors linux Red Hat. "

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" 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. "

" I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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