When somebody who is different shows himself to be different in a good way, that's how development happens.

Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

I can mostly laugh at myself and this whole mess called "Linux developers," which means that I get along with most people and most people get along with me.

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.

No problem is too big it can't be run away from

If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.