To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.

The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail.

Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.

I think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.

I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is why I also want it done well.

I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.