Linus Torvalds Quotes About Economy
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The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.
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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.
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Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.
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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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I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.
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Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.
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Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.
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When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver.
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People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born.
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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.
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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 like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.
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Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
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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.
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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.
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I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.
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I've been very happy with the commercial Linux CD-ROM vendors linux Red Hat.
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Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.
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I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.
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Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all.
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I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the "pay for use" binary shareware programs.
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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.
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Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.
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When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.'
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There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works but only want to use it is not only a tribute to how good Linux is, but it also brings up issues that I would never have thought of otherwise.
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