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" Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense. "

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

" What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software. "

" In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different. "

" 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. "

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