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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

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

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

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

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

I don't see myself as a visionary at all. Linus Torvalds

Myself Visionary See

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. Linus Torvalds

People Free Before Changed Software Took Approach Projects Visible Ways More Both Area Free Software Open Open Source Looked Practical Ideological Because How Were Source Linux Bigger Many Technical

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. Linus Torvalds

People Valley Out Silicon Silicon Valley Pretty Because False Hang Maybe Really Engineers Tech Found Actually Image

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

Me Somewhere Geek No-One Between Dude Normal Cool Ever

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. Linus Torvalds

The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail. Linus Torvalds

World Fear Economics Intimidation Security Horribly Nasty Based Largely

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. Linus Torvalds

Me People Writing Few Cares Possible About Individual Developer New Like Making Testing Very Efficient Few People Want Interesting Code

No country's policies are eternal; they do vary. People are growing old, and a new generation is coming to power. In a year's time, a government can look different. You can't influence them if you don't talk to them. Martti Ahtisaari

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