By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them.

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

Github is an excellent hosting service; I have nothing against it at all.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and that has been paying my bills. Obviously a ''real job'' pays better than most universities will pay, but I've been very happy with this arrangement I get to do whatever I want, and I have no commercial pressures whatsoever doing this.

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

I have an ego the size of a small planet.