I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot.
Jamie ZawinskiOf course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway!
Jamie ZawinskiIf you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works.
Jamie Zawinski