Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all.

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.

I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not others.

Any program is only as good as it is useful.

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.

With software, you really can replicate and do a lot of very real and active development in parallel, and actually try it out and see what works.

OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.