The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.
Linus TorvaldsWhile we ended up having several core maintainers use BitKeeper - it was free to use for open source projects - it never got ubiquitous. So it helped kernel development, but there were still pain points.
Linus TorvaldsFinnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.
Linus TorvaldsMost of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
Linus Torvalds