I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.

My name is Linus, and I am your God.

I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.

I'm simply too content doing what I want to do to really have a very negative attitude towards MicroSoft. They make bad products - so what? I don't need to care, because I happily don't have to use them, and writing my own alternative has been a very gratifying experience in many ways.

The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.

I'm basically a very lazy person who likes to get credit for things other people actually do.

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.