We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.

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

If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal.

Linux has more than satisfied any small initial expectations I had. It's simply incredible how successful Linux has been, and how good a time I've had developing it and leading the project. It does take a lot of my time, but it's time I really enjoy spending, and Linux has continued to be challenging both technically and from a managing standpoint.

I'm not worried about the kernel itself or the basic system. All the commercialization is about the distributions and the applications. As such, it only brings value-added things to Linux, and it doesn't take anything away from the Linux scene.