Computer Quote by Linus Torvalds

“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 them.”

Linus Torvalds

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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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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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