10 Most Memorable Quotes From Linus Torvalds
Don't hurry your code. Make sure it works well and is well designed. Don't worry about timing.
Developers have the attention spans of slightly moronic woodland creatures.
One of the most important things for a maintainer isn't that he's a super engineer. It’s that you're responsive and people can rely on you being there 24/7, 52 weeks a year.
We have very few women. But I'm not very worried. We used to have this discussion about not having enough Japanese developers. We can solve this but it will take time.
It's the best model for standardization. Standards should not be people sitting in a smoky room… and writing papers. It's being successful enough to drive the market.
The thing with technology is if you do something stupid you can fix it.
What really keeps Linus up at night are the social issues and problems with the development process.
I do open source because it's fun and it works… Companies who work with the kernel community will waste less time and they'll just work better
I started Linux because I wanted to see it on the desktop... I do hope that the desktop people would try to work together ... and work more on the technology than trying to make the login screen look really nice.
If you're a company that thinks your tiny change to the kernel is what gives you a competitive edge, you'll probably be facing economic problems. You'd be much better off worrying about making the best damn hardware for the lowest price.
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