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Something Quotes by Linus Torvalds
- In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.
- Don't ever make the mistake [of thinking] that you can design something better than what you get from ruthless massively parallel trial-and-error with a feedback…
- Often your 'fixes' are actually removing capabilities that you had, because they were 'too confusing to the user'. GNOME seems to be developed by interface…
- I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to…
- That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
- 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'…
- People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are…
- I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies…
- 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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