I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues. Linus Torvalds intellectualissuelawyer Change image and share on social
I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different. Linus Torvalds competitiongoallinux Change image and share on social
In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved. Linus Torvalds feelinvolvelot Change image and share on social
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. Linus Torvalds adulationexpectfun Change image and share on social
In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems. Linus Torvalds goodlotmake Change image and share on social
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. Linus Torvalds findinterestkernel Change image and share on social
The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it. Linus Torvalds dangerfacelaugh Change image and share on social
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 adaptbiodiversityforever share on social
Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all. Linus Torvalds answerquestiontechnical Change image and share on social
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. Linus Torvalds abilityavoidintelligence Change image and share on social
