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
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
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
We're not talking about insignificant amounts of code. It's substantial System V code showing up in Linux. — Darl McBride 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
“A lot of the machines that Google is built on—commodity is the polite word for them—they're regular PCs and so they're not… — Jessica Livingston 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
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
Open source production has shown us that world-class software, like Linux and Mozilla, can be created with neither the bureaucratic structure of… — Howard Rheingold 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
The simple fact is that code quality tends to improve as you move between platforms... non-obvious bugs on Windows become VERY obvious… — Ryan C. Gordon Copy Share Image
I have a G4 at home. Theyre great machines for individual users, and I even know a few core Linux hackers who… — Nat Friedman Copy Share Image
What we're really after is simply that people acquire a legal license for Windows for each computer they own before they move… — Bill Gates 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 try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up… — 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
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
What commercialism has brought to Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Think of the Nets infrastructure as a source of natural building resources. Linux is not growing on the trees - it is… — David "Doc" Searls 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
The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of… — Jamie Zawinski Copy Share Image
We counted over a million lines of code that we allege are infringed in the Linux kernel today. — Darl McBride Copy Share Image
The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. — 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux. — Jamie Zawinski 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
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
I can find lots of examples where a game won't make you rich, but I can't find a reasonable case where a… — Ryan C. Gordon Copy Share Image
The situation is so much better for programmers today - a cheap used PC, a linux CD, and an internet account, and… — John Carmack Copy Share Image
