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Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.

~Jamie Zawinski

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If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works.

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My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.

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I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.

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Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes.

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And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux.

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Linux is only free if your time has no value.

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Why should someone have to retrain themselves to use a new application that does the same basic thing as the old application, just because something as trivial as the operating system changed out from under them?

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Nothing stands still. The real question is can you change it?

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Because, you see, what I want to do is to commoditize the OS. I want to have access to all the applications that I need to do the things that I need to do, regardless.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: November 3rd, 1968

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