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It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.
The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail.
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.
I never try to make any far-reaching predictions, so much can happen that it simply only makes you look stupid a few years later.
Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.
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.
The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.
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 don't think commercialization is the answer to anything. It's just one more facet of Linux, and not the deciding one by any means.
I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not others.
What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt.
I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'
I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.
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.
Every time I see some piece of medical research saying that caffeine is good for you, I high-five myself. Because I'm going to live forever.
Quite frankly, even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.
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.'
Personally, I'm not interested in making device drivers look like user-level. They aren't, they shouldn't be, and microkernels are just stupid.
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.
I really never wanted to do source control management at all and felt that it was just about the least interesting thing in the computing world .
With software, you really can replicate and do a lot of very real and active development in parallel, and actually try it out and see what works.
On a purely technical side, I'm really very happy with how Linux gets used in a very wide set of different areas. It's important for development.
Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.
Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'.
I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me.
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.
I think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.
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.
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.
This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.
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.
I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
I can mostly laugh at myself and this whole mess called "Linux developers," which means that I get along with most people and most people get along with me.
There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong.
I obviously think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.
What commercialism has brought to Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.
One of the reasons that I really don't mind that people are selling Linux commercially is exactly because it does make me feel good that people use the product.
By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them.
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.
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.
Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts from both.
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.
Bill Gates really seems to be much more of a business man than a technologist, while I prefer to think of Linux in technical terms rather than as a means to money.
An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing.
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.
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.
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.