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" People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born. "

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" 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. "

Linus Torvalds

You

Cold

Remember

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

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

" I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things. "

" I personally think of Linux development as being pretty non-localized, and I work with all the people entirely over e-mail - even if they happen to be working in the Portland area. "

" 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. "

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

" The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail. "

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

" 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

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

" 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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

Linus Torvalds

Manager

Successful

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

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

Linus Torvalds

Good

Hungry

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. "

" 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 very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can. "

" 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

" 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. "

" Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did. "