Success for open source is when the term 'open source' becomes a non-factor in the decision making process, when people hear about… — Brian Behlendorf Copy Share Image
Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Android is very different from the GNU/Linux operating system because it contains very little of GNU. Indeed, just about the only component… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux.… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I think [Wine] will be, at a minimum, incredibly useful to archeology, like DosBox has been for playing Wing Commander. Certainly it… — Ryan C. Gordon Copy Share Image
I think that Microsoft will increasingly feel margin pressure from Linux as well as people saying: well actually the applications that really… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The business model of Linux distribution is broken; it's like the business model of the dotcoms. Running your company on Linux is… — Darl McBride Copy Share Image
I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I can mostly laugh at myself and this whole mess called "Linux developers," which means that I get along with most people… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Most hackers graduate from Unix and Linux platforms. They know them intimately. They don't try to exploit them — Dean Stockwell Copy Share Image
I started Linux because I wanted to see it on the desktop... I do hope that the desktop people would try to… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux. — Jamie Zawinski Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I really don't mind that people are selling Linux commercially is exactly because it does make me… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
There are no barriers to entries. Think of this as Linux in terms of software. Anyone can have part of the operating… — Paul Gigot Copy Share Image
In many ways, I am very happy about the whole Linux commercial market because the commercial market is doing all these things… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
“There were in fact bugs," he recalls, "But the essential difference was in the obviousness of bugs, the repeatability of bugs, and… — Glyn Moody Copy Share Image
Linux has more than satisfied any small initial expectations I had. It's simply incredible how successful Linux has been, and how good… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I was never a "big thinker". One of my philosophies in Linux has always been to not worry about the future too… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image