It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring.

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.

I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.

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