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The fame and reputation part ...

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.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

I may make jokes about Micros...

I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

I never try to make any far-r...

I never try to make any far-reaching predictions, so much can happen that it simply only makes you look stupid a few years later.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

The economics of the security...

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

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

In my opinion MS is a lot bet...

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

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

It's a personality trait: fro...

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.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

I see myself as a technical p...

I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

I don't see myself as a visio...

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

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I don't actually go to that m...

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.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

I don't try to be a threat to...

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 216 quotes

Programmers are in the enviab...

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 216 quotes

I've actually found the image...

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 216 quotes

I've felt strongly that the a...

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.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

I get the biggest enjoyment f...

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.

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People enjoy the interaction ...

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.

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I used to be interested in Wi...

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.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

The thing I love about diving...

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.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

There's innovation in Linux. ...

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.

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Software patents, in particul...

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.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

I'd much rather have 15 peopl...

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.

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