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Microsoft Quotes by Linus Torvalds
- I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect.
- If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.
- Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
- 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 of Linux and…
- I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'
- To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be…
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