I'd argue that everybody wants to do something that matters, and the fact that Linux has had a huge impact on the tech market and is used virtually everywhere is obviously very personally satisfying. I think programming is fun, and the community around the kernel is great, but a project has to be relevant too.More Linus Torvalds quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

If you want an application to be portable, you don't necessarily create an abstraction layer like a microkernel so much as you program intelligently.More Linus Torvalds quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong.More Linus Torvalds quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.More Linus Torvalds quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me.More Linus Torvalds quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]