I'm a huge believer in evolution (not in the sense that "it happened" - anybody who doesn't believe that is either uninformed or crazy, but in the sense "the processes of evolution are really fundamental, and should probably be at least thought about in pretty much any context").

I think one thing I do pretty well is not taking myself too seriously.

I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not others.

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.

Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.

Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good, and I think it is good in technology as well.

I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.