Fairly cheap home computing was what changed my life. Linus Torvalds More Quotes by Linus Torvalds More Quotes From Linus Torvalds You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior. Linus Torvalds behavior So I decided that if the architecture is fundamentally sane enough, say it follows some basic rules like it supported paging , then I would be able to say, yes, Linux fundamentally supports that model. Linus Torvalds support able would-be So I would not be surprised if the globbing libraries, for example, will do NFD-mangling in order to glob "correctly", so even programs ported from real Unix might end up getting pathnames subtly changed into NFD as part of some hot library-on-library action with UTF hackery inside. Linus Torvalds library real order 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. Linus Torvalds levels stills would-be It was such a relief to program in user mode for a change. Not having to care about the small stuff is wonderful. Linus Torvalds relief care stuff I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to. Linus Torvalds trust-me people thinking I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is why I also want it done well. Linus Torvalds theory done want Linux has more than satisfied any small initial expectations I had. It's simply incredible how successful Linux has been, and how good a time I've had developing it and leading the project. It does take a lot of my time, but it's time I really enjoy spending, and Linux has continued to be challenging both technically and from a managing standpoint. Linus Torvalds successful expectations challenges I seldom get self-righteous, and even when I am being impolite (almost always on purpose - there's an art to insulting people, too), I tend to try to not be too serious about it. And most of the time it means that I can take criticism constructively, and sometimes just change my opinion on the fly and laugh at myself over having turned on a dime. Linus Torvalds self mean art 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. Linus Torvalds development real trying I think one thing I do pretty well is not taking myself too seriously. Linus Torvalds one-thing wells thinking Me trying to make a business around Linux would have been a total disaster. Linus Torvalds linux disaster trying 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. Linus Torvalds laughing mean people I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and that has been paying my bills. Obviously a ''real job'' pays better than most universities will pay, but I've been very happy with this arrangement I get to do whatever I want, and I have no commercial pressures whatsoever doing this. Linus Torvalds real want jobs I don't go to conferences quite as much as I used to: having a child and movin away from the university leaves me with less time, but I've tried to balance things out - not just spending time with Linux all the time, but having a real job and a real life at the same time. Linus Torvalds real jobs children 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. Linus Torvalds feel-good mind people Being open source meant that I could work on the technical side (along with lots of other people), and others who had the interest and inclination could start up companies around it. Linus Torvalds source sides people 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. Linus Torvalds software evolution thinking I made very sure that I did not get involved with any of the commercial Linux companies, exactly so that I would be neutral and not ever seen as "working for the competition". Linus Torvalds linux competition would-be I'd argue that everybody wants to do something that matters, and the fact that Linux has had a huge impact on the tech market and is used virtually everywhere is obviously very personally satisfying. I think programming is fun, and the community around the kernel is great, but a project has to be relevant too. Linus Torvalds impact fun thinking
