I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

In many cases the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary.

I am very happy about Android obviously. I use Android, and it's actually made cellphones very usable.

Being open source meant that I could work on the technical side (along with lots of other people), and others who had the interest and inclination could start up companies around it.

Don't ever make the mistake [of thinking] that you can design something better than what you get from ruthless massively parallel trial-and-error with a feedback cycle. That's giving your intelligence much too much credit.

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