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

A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.

I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself.

I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.

I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.

I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.

Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is "right" or not, you are morally corrupt. Let's not go there. We don't base our morality on law.