Differences Quote by Linus Torvalds

“I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.”

Linus Torvalds

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I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots.

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