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In many ways, I am very happy about the whole Linux commercial market because the commercial market is doing all these things that I have absolutely zero interest in doing myself.
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I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues.
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I don't actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized; people don't throw their panties at me. I'm a perfectly normal person sitting in my den just doing my job.
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I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.
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If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.
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I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.
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I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming.
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I personally think of Linux development as being pretty non-localized, and I work with all the people entirely over e-mail - even if they happen to be working in the Portland area.
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I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.
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There were open source projects and free software before Linux was there. Linux in many ways is one of the more visible and one of the bigger technical projects in this area, and it changed how people looked at it because Linux took both the practical and ideological approach.
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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 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.
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Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.
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I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies end up pushing it in the direction they want, and as such you end up with something that is pretty balanced across the board.
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Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.
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Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.
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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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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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No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal.
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Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.
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I've been very happy with the commercial Linux CD-ROM vendors linux Red Hat.
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I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.
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I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up.
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A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.
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The thing I love about diving is the flowing feeling. I like a sport where the whole point is to move as little as humanly possible so your air supply will last longer. That's my kind of sport. Where the amount of effort spent is absolutely minimal.
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An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing.
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I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself.
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I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.
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Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.
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I lose sleep if I end up feeling bad about something I've said. Usually that happens when I send something out without having read it over a few times, or when I call somebody names.
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By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them.
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Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer.
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What commercialism has brought into Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.
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Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'.
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The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies.
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Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral.
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What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt.
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It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring.
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I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.
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When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver.
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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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