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88 quotes by Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds Torvalds at LinuxCon Europe 2014 Born Linus Benedict Torvalds (1969-12-28) December 28, 1969 (age 45) Helsinki, Finland Residence Dunthorpe, Oregon, United States Nationality Finnish, American (naturalized in 2010) Alma mater University of Helsinki (M.S., 1988) Occupation Software engineer Employer Linux Foundation Known for Linux kernel, Git Spouse(s) Tove Torvalds (née Monni) Children 3 Parents Nils Torvalds...
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Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

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To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other... →

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

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I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not going to buy into the... →

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

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The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.

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Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

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I often compare open source to science. To where science took this whole notion of developing ideas in the open and improving on other peoples'... →

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My name is Linus, and I am your God.

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In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny.

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Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

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See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.

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