On a purely technical side, I'm really very happy with how Linux gets used in a very wide set of different areas. It's important for development.

On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.

Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.

When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.'

The correct form factor for a laptop is obviously 12" and 2 lbs, and I don't understand why everybody gets that wrong.

A lot of people still like Solaris, but I'm in active competition with them, and so I hope they die.

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