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.

It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.

I don't think commercialization is the answer to anything. It's just one more facet of Linux, and not the deciding one by any means.

Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.

Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.

I don't actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized; people don't throw their panties at me. I'm a perfectly normal person sitting in my den just doing my job.

I think one thing I do pretty well is not taking myself too seriously.