Linus torvalds

That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.

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...

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.

I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

My name is Linus, and I am your God.

You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior.

The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.

No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal.

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.'

In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.