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“I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.”

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I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things.

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The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.

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The correct form factor for a laptop is obviously 12" and 2 lbs, and I don't understand why everybody gets that wrong.

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Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts…

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People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.

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

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Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.

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