Linus Torvalds Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies.”

“What commercialism has brought into Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.”

“I get the biggest enjoyment from the random and unexpected places. Linux on cellphones or refrigerators, just because it's so not what I envisioned it. Or on supercomputers.”

“Any program is only as good as it is useful.”

“I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up.”

“The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.”

“You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior.”

“Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many.”

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

“I don't see myself as a visionary at all.”