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

Whoever came up with "hold the shift key for eight seconds to turn on 'your keyboard is buggered' mode" should be shot.

People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born.

I really never wanted to do source control management at all and felt that it was just about the least interesting thing in the computing world .

Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral.

The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.

A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows