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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" In many cases, the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad. "

" An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Any program is only as good as it is useful. "

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

" 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. "

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

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