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

I don't go to conferences quite as much as I used to: having a child and movin away from the university leaves me with less time, but I've tried to balance things out - not just spending time with Linux all the time, but having a real job and a real life at the same time.

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.

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

Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts from both.

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.

Nobody actually creates perfect code the first time around, except me. But there's only one of me.