I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt.

Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts from both.

I don't go to conferences quite as much as I used to: having a child and movin away from the university leaves me with less time, but I've tried to balance things out - not just spending time with Linux all the time, but having a real job and a real life at the same time.

If you have ever done any security work - and it did not involve the concept of "network of trust" - it wasn't security work, it was - masturbation. I don't know what you were doing. But trust me, it's the only way you can do security, it's the only way you can do development.

The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few basic concepts.

I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.