Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only then, have you reached the level where you can safely read it and try to use it to actually implement a driver.

I have an ego the size of a small planet.

Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.

I made very sure that I did not get involved with any of the commercial Linux companies, exactly so that I would be neutral and not ever seen as "working for the competition".

Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.

Working in lock-step simply isn't a good idea. Never has been, never will be.

I never try to make any far-reaching predictions, so much can happen that it simply only makes you look stupid a few years later.