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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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"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.""
People
"I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly."
Employment
"The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux."
Technology
"I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can."
Technology
"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."
Time
"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."
Technology
"Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all."
Question
"I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product."
Success
"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."
Care
"My name is Linus, and I am your God."
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"The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace."
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"People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others."
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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
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"Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new."
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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
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"We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like."
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