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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. "
Linus Torvalds
Who
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" I don't actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized; people don't throw their panties at me. I'm a perfectly normal person sitting in my den just doing my job. "
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" Software is like sex: it's better when it's free. "
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" I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat. "
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" Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer. "
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" 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. "
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" Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did. "
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Ever
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" If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won. "
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" By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them. "
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" I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not going to buy into the fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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Good
Out
Packaging
" Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. "
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Ability
Doing
Done
" I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more. "
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Important
People
Nothing
" Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it. "
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Rather
Than
Hobby
" I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly. "
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Paid
Get
Indirectly
" I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing. "
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Over
Any
Authority
" I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up. "
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I Can
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Try
" I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler kernel. I don't find anything technically interesting there. "
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Looks
See
Interesting
" 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. "
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Same
Away
Anything
" 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. "
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Good
Well
Think
" Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed. "
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Thinking
You
Want
" The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. "
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Too
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" 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. "
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Fame
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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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Economics
" I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues. "
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Thinking
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" That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. "
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Effort
" 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. "
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" In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems. "
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Opinion
" 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. "
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Because
Hard
Before