It was such a relief to program in user mode for a change. Not having to care about the small stuff is wonderful.

One of the questions I've always hated answering is how do people make money in open source. And I think that Caldera and Red Hat - and there are a number of other Linux companies going public - basically show that yes, you can actually make money in the open-source area.

An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing.

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

I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the "pay for use" binary shareware programs.

In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.

Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.