Quotes by Linus Torvalds

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.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another persons trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

Im sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way Im not going to start wearing ties, Im also not going to buy into the fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords.

The Linux philosophy is Laugh in the face of danger. Oops. Wrong One. Do it yourself. Yes, thats it.

Microsoft isnt evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

Im interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasnt started as any kind of rebellion against the evil Microsoft empire.