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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Software is like sex: it's better when it's free. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children. "

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

" The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return. "

" The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I often compare open source to science. To where science took this whole notion of developing ideas in the open and improving on other peoples' ideas and making it into what science is today and the incredible advances that we have had. And I compare that to witchcraft and alchemy, where openness was something you didn't do. "

" I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat. "