Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

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

People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.

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

Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.

I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up without having pre-conceptions of how I should deal with it. My only long-range plan has been and still is just the very general plan of making Linux better.