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Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds
Finnish Businessman
Born: Dec 28, 1969
Because Good Linux People Think You
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I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works. Linus Torvalds
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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. Linus Torvalds
Happy People Internet Complaining Programming Favourite Arguing Perfectly Cathartic Because Pastime
I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals. Linus Torvalds
Myself Goals Engineer Big Think Visionary Lofty Any Thinker
See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too. Linus Torvalds
Good You Too System See Only Like Sneaky Linux Create
I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can. Linus Torvalds
Best Other Worry Systems Pretty About Seldom Concentrate Making Very Linux Just Fully
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. Linus Torvalds
Trust Somebody Everybody Staying Neutral Know Always End Up Being Against Decisions Them Working Agree Even
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. Linus Torvalds
People Internet Feeling Group Enjoy Software Projects Some Born Something Does How Interaction Interesting Belonging
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. Linus Torvalds
People Not Talking Other Side About Something Rather Arguing Splitting Talking Camps Than Much Convinced Each Right Two
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. Linus Torvalds
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I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly. Linus Torvalds
Indirectly Linux Get Paid
Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all. Linus Torvalds
Sometimes Answer Questions
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. Linus Torvalds
Positive Good You Feedback Positive Feedback Something Put Makes Linux Effort Cycle
The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children. Linus Torvalds
Memory Management Small Small Children Frighten Children Used
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. Linus Torvalds
Today You Science People Other Incredible Took Something Open Had Advances Developing Open Source Ideas Openness Witchcraft Making Source Improving Often Where Notion Whole Compare Alchemy
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. Linus Torvalds
Random Envisioned Because Linux Get Unexpected Just Just Because Biggest Places Enjoyment
Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime. Linus Torvalds
Nice Cold Bad City Only Wintertime Very Really
I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places. Linus Torvalds
Good Resume Hungry Pretty Pretty Good Looks Leave Go Linux Expect Decide Places Many University
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. Linus Torvalds
Competition Goals Try Threat See Windows Simply Mainly Because Linux Microsoft Different Really
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. Linus Torvalds
Result Important Other Only Enviable Like Because End End Result Get Getting Want Paid Many Professions Position Programmers
The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. Linus Torvalds
Important Too Part Developers Important Part Always Been Linux Customers Themselves Actually Thing
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