I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself.

When in doubt, use brute force.

That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty.

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.

One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which it can't.

I also enjoy writing my regular column for Organic Gardening magazine, so I may do more of that sort of thing in the future, if anybody wants it!