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

~Linus Torvalds

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

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In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny.

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No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal.

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Any program is only as good as it is useful.

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Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good, and I think it is good in technology as well.

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

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

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If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.

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Biography

Nationality: Finnish

Type: Businessman

Born: December 28th, 1969

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