Quotes By Linus Torvalds

The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.

The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.

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.

I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior.

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

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.

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.

I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler kernel. I don't find anything technically interesting there.

I've been very happy with the commercial Linux CD-ROM vendors linux Red Hat.

A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.