When somebody who is different shows himself to be different in a good way, that's how development happens.
Linus TorvaldsI may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease.
Linus TorvaldsOnce you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.
Linus TorvaldsI'd argue that everybody wants to do something that matters, and the fact that Linux has had a huge impact on the tech market and is used virtually everywhere is obviously very personally satisfying. I think programming is fun, and the community around the kernel is great, but a project has to be relevant too.
Linus TorvaldsSecurity people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them.
Linus Torvalds