I love making friends.... it's people I can't stand.

I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.

I have one very basic rule when it comes to "good ideas". A good idea is not an idea that solves a problem cleanly. A good idea is an idea that solves several things at the same time. The mark of good coding is not that the program does what you want, it's that it also does something that you didn't start out wanting.

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 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.

Working in lock-step simply isn't a good idea. Never has been, never will be.

What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt.