I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease.

In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.

See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.

C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the point where it's much much easier to generate total and utter crap with it.

Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.

I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is why I also want it done well.

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.