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

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program. "

" The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. "

" 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. "

" 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'. "

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

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

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

" There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't in other operating systems. "

" What commercialism has brought into Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out. "

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

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

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" There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is. "

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

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