[General] The 10 Best Linus Torvalds Quotes

[Abdullah Al-Khulaifi]

1. "Software is like sex: it's better when it's free."

2. "Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems."

3. "My name is Linus, and I am your God."

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

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

6. "Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies
the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin
charging at them in excess of 100 mph."

7. "Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work
done."

8. "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.'"


9. "I don't doubt at all that virtualization is useful in some areas. What I
doubt rather strongly is that it will ever have the kind of impact that the
people involved in virtualization want it to have."

10. "Now, most of you are probably going to be totally bored out of your
minds on Christmas day, and here's the perfect distraction. Test 2.6.15-rc7.
All the stores will be closed, and there's really nothing better to do in
between meals."


Source:
http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2008/06/the_10_best_lin.html
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