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It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.
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The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.
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Customers
Developers
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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.
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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.
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I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not others.
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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.
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I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'
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Microsoft
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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.
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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.
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Adulation
Fun
Paid
Program
Programmers
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Expect
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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.
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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.
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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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Humor
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People
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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.
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Stupid
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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.
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Sides
Worry
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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 .
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Management
World
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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.
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Real
Trying
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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.
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Development
Different
Important
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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.
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Computer Science
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Program
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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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Finnish
People
Risk
Silicon
Silicon Valley
Traditional
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Valley
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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'.
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Fashion
Hey
Software
Translate
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Socks
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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.
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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.
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Want
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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.
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Thinking
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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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Economy
Linux
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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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Trust
Cyberspace
Format
Linux
Return
Trust Me
Me People I Can
Trust Me People
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Network
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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.
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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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People
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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.
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Camps
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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.
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People
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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.
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People
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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.
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Stills
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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.
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Software
Thinking
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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.
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Packaging
Use
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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.
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People
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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.
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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.
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Feelings
Guilty
Reputation
Study
Work Me Never
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Studies
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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.
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Distribution
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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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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.
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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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May
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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.
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Men
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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.
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Writing
Me People New
Cares
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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.
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Innovation
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Operating Systems
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Operating
Systems
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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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Economy
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Program
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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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Program
Commercial
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