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I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.

~Linus Torvalds

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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 see myself as a visionary at all.

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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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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 often compare open source to science. To where science took this whole notion of developing ideas in the open and improving on other peoples' ideas and making it into what science is today and the incredible advances that we have had. And I compare that to witchcraft and alchemy, where openness was something you didn't do.

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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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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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There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't in other operating systems.

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To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

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Biography

Nationality: Finnish

Type: Businessman

Born: December 28th, 1969

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