I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.
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Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.
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Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.
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The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.
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There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.
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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.
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Personally, I'm not interested in making device drivers look like user-level. They aren't, they shouldn't be, and microkernels are just stupid.
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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.""
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Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.
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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.
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