Linus Torvalds Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies end up pushing it in the direction they want, and as such you end up with something that is pretty balanced across the board.”

“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.”

“Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'.”

“The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail.”

“I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'”

“I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.”

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

“Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.”

“I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues.”