"I used to be interested in Windows NT,……" — Linus Torvalds
"I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler kernel. I don't find anything technically interesting there."
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134 Quotes by Linus Torvalds
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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…
- I love making friends.... it's people I can't stand.
- I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers…
- Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
- Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.
- If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.
- Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.
- Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.
- A lot of people want to have market share numbers, lots of users, because that's how they view their self…
- On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.
- Only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the…
- Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.