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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many. "

" 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. "

" I don't see myself as a visionary at all. "

" Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all. "

" A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one. "

" That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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