My name is Linus, and I am your God.

C++ is in that inconvenient spot where it doesn't help make things simple enough to be truly usable for prototyping or simple GUI programming, and yet isn't the lean system programming language that C is that actively encourages you to use simple and direct constructs.

Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.

There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works but only want to use it is not only a tribute to how good Linux is, but it also brings up issues that I would never have thought of otherwise.

One of the reasons I like open source is that it allows people to work on the parts they are good at, and I don't mean just on a technical level; some people are into the whole selling and support, and that's just not me.

I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease.

On a purely technical side, I'm really very happy with how Linux gets used in a very wide set of different areas. It's important for development.