Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
IBM has taken our valuable trade secrets and given them away to Linux. — Darl McBride Copy Share Image
There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
We're not talking about insignificant amounts of code. It's substantial System V code showing up in Linux. — Darl McBride Copy Share Image
A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me It later… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I don't think commercialization is the answer to anything. It's just one more facet of Linux, and not the deciding one by… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
We've announced an Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance, a bunch of low-cost commodity servers running Linux, integrated in our case, with InfiniBand -… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Today, I use Linux as my primary OS (on an x86 PC, and on a Thinkpad), and I also use Irix (on… — Jamie Zawinski Copy Share Image
I do believe that in a race, it is naive to think Linux has a hope of making a dent against Microsoft… — Kenneth P. Thompson Copy Share Image
What I do for a living is somewhat like mercenary prostitution. I spend a lot of energy trying to find games to… — Ryan C. Gordon 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
In trying to understand the Linux phenomenon, then, we have to look not at a single innovator but to a sort of… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
In some cases we've been building tools that are specific to Linux for the desktop, and they only work on Linux, but… — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
Linux is a leprosy; … This statement is not grammatically or factually correct. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Linux is its own worst enemy: it's splintered, it has different distributions, it's too complex to run for most people. — Nicholas Negroponte 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
Bill Gates really seems to be much more of a business man than a technologist, while I prefer to think of Linux… — 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
Linux has never been about quality. There are so many parts of the system that are just these cheap little hacks, and… — Theo de Raadt 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
Don't forget that Linux became only possible because 20 years of OS research was carefully studied, analyzed, discussed and thrown away. — Ingo Molnar Copy Share Image
I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so… — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I'd rather use Windows and Internet Explorer in Hell than I'd use Linux and Mozilla Firefox in Heaven! — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
