I seldom get self-righteous, and even when I am being impolite (almost always on purpose - there's an art to insulting people, too), I tend to try to not be too serious about it. And most of the time it means that I can take criticism constructively, and sometimes just change my opinion on the fly and laugh at myself over having turned on a dime.
Linus TorvaldsI don't think commercialization is the answer to anything. It's just one more facet of Linux, and not the deciding one by any means.
Linus TorvaldsI've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies end up pushing it in the direction they want, and as such you end up with something that is pretty balanced across the board.
Linus TorvaldsI am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect.
Linus TorvaldsPart of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer.
Linus Torvalds