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See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.
Linus Torvalds
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In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.
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The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.
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Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.
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The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.
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Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.
Linus Torvalds
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I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different.
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Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.
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That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
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I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.
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I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.
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The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return.
Linus Torvalds
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