"The thing with Linux is that the developers……" — Linus Torvalds
"The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux."
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- Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
- Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.
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- Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.
- Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.
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- On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.
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- Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.