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- The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce…
- It just makes it even harder for people to even approach the (open source) side, when they then end up having to worry about public…
- By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not…
- Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I…
- I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up.
- Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.
- 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…
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- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
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