Software is like sex. It's only good when it's for free.

In science, the whole system builds on people looking at other people's results and building on top of them. In witchcraft, somebody had a small secret and guarded it - but never allowed others to really understand it and build on it. Traditional software is like witchcraft. In history, witchcraft just died out. The same will happen in software. When problems get serious enough, you can't have one person or one company guarding their secrets. You have to have everybody share in the knowledge.

I have an ego the size of a small planet.

I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.

One of the reasons that I really don't mind that people are selling Linux commercially is exactly because it does make me feel good that people use the product.