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“I was never a "big thinker". One of my philosophies…” quote by Linus Torvalds — Download Open image

“I was never a "big thinker". One of my philosophies in Linux has always been to not worry about the future too much, but make sure that we make the best of what we have now - together with keeping our options open for the future and not digging us into a hole.”

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