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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see myself as a visionary at all.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Free Software
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were open source projects and free software before Linux was there. Linux in many ways is one of the more visible and one of the bigger technical projects in this area, and it changed how people looked at it because Linux took both the practical and ideological approach.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've actually found the image of Silicon Valley as a hotbed of money-grubbing tech people to be pretty false, but maybe that's because the people I hang out with are all really engineers.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Being Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Boring
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Just Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name is Linus, and I am your God.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any program is only as good as it is useful.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.
- Indirectly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- End Result
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.
- don't Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior.
- Frighten
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- Nov 07, 2020
The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
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'.
- Office
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020