Linus Torvalds Quotes

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.
Linus Torvalds

Sex, Free, Software

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.
Linus Torvalds

Means, Won, Linux

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.
Linus Torvalds

Work, Done, Getting

Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
Linus Torvalds

Good, Fun, Public

Any program is only as good as it is useful.
Linus Torvalds

Good, Useful, Program

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
Linus Torvalds

Technology, Evil, Systems

In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.
Linus Torvalds

Good, Money, Opinion

See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.
Linus Torvalds

Good, System, Create

A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.
Linus Torvalds

Giving, Same, Away

I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.
Linus Torvalds

Person, Works, Pragmatic

In many cases, the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary.
Linus Torvalds

Important, Whether, Company

When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.'
Linus Torvalds

Free, System, Windows

Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many.
Linus Torvalds

End, Important, Getting

I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different.
Linus Torvalds

Different, Try, Simply

Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.
Linus Torvalds

Best, Making, Definitely

You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior.
Linus Torvalds

Won, Behavior, Sued

Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.
Linus Torvalds

Money, Keep, Rather

Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.
Linus Torvalds

Hard, Before, Rather

I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up.
Linus Torvalds

Try, Deal, Avoid

People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born.
Linus Torvalds

Feeling, Enjoy, Group

That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
Linus Torvalds

Good, Positive, Put

The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return.
Linus Torvalds

Trust, Return, Depend

The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.
Linus Torvalds

Technology, Yourself, Laugh

The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.
Linus Torvalds

Children, Small, Used

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.
Linus Torvalds

Live, Different, Here

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Biography

Nationality: Finnish

Type: Businessman

Born: December 28, 1969

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