A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.

I actually don't believe that everybody should necessarily try to learn to code. I think it's reasonably specialized, and nobody really expects most people to have to do it. It's not like knowing how to read and write and do basic math.

I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.

I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more.

The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few basic concepts.

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