There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works but only want to use it is not only a tribute to how good Linux is, but it also brings up issues that I would never have thought of otherwise.

Don't hurry your code. Make sure it works well and is well designed. Don't worry about timing.

The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.

I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.

Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is "right" or not, you are morally corrupt. Let's not go there. We don't base our morality on law.

Whoever came up with "hold the shift key for eight seconds to turn on 'your keyboard is buggered' mode" should be shot.

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.