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Linus Torvalds Quotes

It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring Picture Quote #1

Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them Picture Quote #1

There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't in other operating systems Picture Quote #1

To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect Picture Quote #1

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together Picture Quote #1

The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce them Picture Quote #1

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If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system Picture Quote #1

It just makes it even harder for people to even approach the (open source) side, when they then end up having to worry about public humiliation Picture Quote #1

The idea of abstracting away the one thing that must be blindingly fast, the kernel, is inherently counter productive Picture Quote #1

If you want an application to be portable, you don't necessarily create an abstraction layer like a microkernel so much as you program intelligently Picture Quote #1

In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved Picture Quote #1

Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is right or not, you are morally corrupt. Let's not go there. We don't base our morality on law Picture Quote #1

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Don't hurry your code. Make sure it works well and is well designed. Don't worry about timing Picture Quote #1

I am very happy about Android obviously. I use Android, and it's actually made cellphones very usable Picture Quote #1

The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few basic concepts Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t doubt at all that virtualization is useful in some areas. What I doubt rather strongly is that it will ever have the kind of impact that the people involved in virtualization want it to have Picture Quote #1

People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product Picture Quote #1

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Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can’t totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral Picture Quote #1

I don’t actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized; people don’t throw their panties at me. I’m a perfectly normal person sitting in my den just doing my job Picture Quote #1

The thing I love about diving is the flowing feeling. I like a sport where the whole point is to move as little as humanly possible so your air supply will last longer. That’s my kind of sport. Where the amount of effort spent is absolutely minimal Picture Quote #1

Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good, and I think it is good in technology as well Picture Quote #1

You know, the mark of intelligence is realizing when you’re making the same mistake over and over and over again, and not hitting your head in the wall five hundred times before you understand that it’s not a clever thing to do Picture Quote #1

When you hear voices in your head that tell you to shoot the pope, do you do what they say? Same thing goes for customers and managers. They are the crazy voices in your head, and you need to set them right, not just blindly do what they ask for Picture Quote #1

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I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers his code or his data structures more important. Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships Picture Quote #1

C is a horrible language. It’s made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the point where it’s much much easier to generate total and utter crap with it Picture Quote #1

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It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring (Linus Torvalds Quotes) Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them (Linus Torvalds Quotes) There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't in other operating systems (Linus Torvalds Quotes) To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect (Linus Torvalds Quotes) To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together (Linus Torvalds Quotes) The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce them (Linus Torvalds Quotes) If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system (Linus Torvalds Quotes) It just makes it even harder for people to even approach the (open source) side, when they then end up having to worry about public humiliation (Linus Torvalds Quotes) The idea of abstracting away the one thing that must be blindingly fast, the kernel, is inherently counter productive (Linus Torvalds Quotes) If you want an application to be portable, you don't necessarily create an abstraction layer like a microkernel so much as you program intelligently (Linus Torvalds Quotes) In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved (Linus Torvalds Quotes) Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is right or not, you are morally corrupt. Let's not go there. We don't base our morality on law (Linus Torvalds Quotes) Don't hurry your code. Make sure it works well and is well designed. Don't worry about timing (Linus Torvalds Quotes) I am very happy about Android obviously. I use Android, and it's actually made cellphones very usable (Linus Torvalds Quotes) The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few basic concepts (Linus Torvalds Quotes) 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 (Linus Torvalds Quotes) I don’t doubt at all that virtualization is useful in some areas. What I doubt rather strongly is that it will ever have the kind of impact that the people involved in virtualization want it to have (Linus Torvalds Quotes) People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product (Linus Torvalds Quotes) Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can’t totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral (Linus Torvalds Quotes) I don’t actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized; people don’t throw their panties at me. I’m a perfectly normal person sitting in my den just doing my job (Linus Torvalds Quotes) The thing I love about diving is the flowing feeling. I like a sport where the whole point is to move as little as humanly possible so your air supply will last longer. That’s my kind of sport. Where the amount of effort spent is absolutely minimal (Linus Torvalds Quotes) Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good, and I think it is good in technology as well (Linus Torvalds Quotes) You know, the mark of intelligence is realizing when you’re making the same mistake over and over and over again, and not hitting your head in the wall five hundred times before you understand that it’s not a clever thing to do (Linus Torvalds Quotes) When you hear voices in your head that tell you to shoot the pope, do you do what they say? Same thing goes for customers and managers. They are the crazy voices in your head, and you need to set them right, not just blindly do what they ask for (Linus Torvalds Quotes) I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers his code or his data structures more important. Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships (Linus Torvalds Quotes) C is a horrible language. It’s made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the point where it’s much much easier to generate total and utter crap with it (Linus Torvalds Quotes)

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