It just makes it even harder for people to even approach the (open source) side, when they then end up having to worry about public humiliation.

This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

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

I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers his code or his data structures more important. Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail.

People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born.

The cyberspace 'earnings' I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return.