The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.

I'd argue that everybody wants to do something that matters, and the fact that Linux has had a huge impact on the tech market and is used virtually everywhere is obviously very personally satisfying. I think programming is fun, and the community around the kernel is great, but a project has to be relevant too.

I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.

I'm a big non-believer in manual driver and kernel configuration, be it visual or not.

I started Linux because I wanted to see it on the desktop... I do hope that the desktop people would try to work together ... and work more on the technology than trying to make the login screen look really nice.

I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.

I have an ego the size of a small planet.