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I'm a big non-believer in manual driver and kernel configuration, be it visual or not.
I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.
Eventually the revolutionaries become the established culture, and then what will they do
If you like using CVS, you should be in some kind of mental institution or somewhere else.
Today, I will offer free web hosting and developpement helps for projects under Sourceforge
Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.
Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.
Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
I'm basically a very lazy person who likes to get credit for things other people actually do.
In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.
Don't hurry your code. Make sure it works well and is well designed. Don't worry about timing.
Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.
Nobody actually creates perfect code the first time around, except me. But there's only one of me.
I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.
I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.
A lot of people still like Solaris, but I'm in active competition with them, and so I hope they die.
The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.
If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.
OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.
I am very happy about Android obviously. I use Android, and it's actually made cellphones very usable.
I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.
The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.
I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things.
I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to.
When somebody who is different shows himself to be different in a good way, that's how development happens.
Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.
Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.
I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease.
In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.
See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.
I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up.
I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself.
I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.
I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.
And 1.1.81 is officially BugFree(tm), so if you receive any bug-reports on it, you know they are just evil lies.
Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer.
It was such a relief to program in user mode for a change. Not having to care about the small stuff is wonderful.
I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the "pay for use" binary shareware programs.
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.
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.
The correct form factor for a laptop is obviously 12" and 2 lbs, and I don't understand why everybody gets that wrong.
The idea of abstracting away the one thing that must be blindingly fast, the kernel, is inherently counter productive.
Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.
Whoever came up with "hold the shift key for eight seconds to turn on 'your keyboard is buggered' mode" should be shot.
I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.
I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.
I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues.
Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.
If you think penguins are fat and waddle, you have never been attacked by one running at you in excess of 100 miles per hour.