The cyberspace 'earnings' I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return.
Linus TorvaldsI 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.
Linus TorvaldsWith 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.
Linus TorvaldsI don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not others.
Linus Torvalds