Linus Torvalds Quotes

• In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.

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• 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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• If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I’ve won.

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

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• I’ve been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they’ve been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.

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• I’m generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.

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• I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.

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• 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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• 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 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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• I like to think that I’ve been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.

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

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• I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

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• 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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• Helsinki isn’t all that bad. It’s a very nice city, and it’s cold really only in wintertime.

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

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

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Linus Torvalds (43)

Birth:	28th December, 1969
Nationality:	American, Finnish
Profession:	Hacker, Software Engineer

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