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Letter "L" » Linus Torvalds Quotes
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«Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.»
Author: Linus Torvalds
(Computer engineer, Programmer)
| About:
Computers,
Software
| Keywords:
software, the software
«Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done»
«Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.»
Author: Linus Torvalds
(Computer engineer, Programmer)
| About:
Evil
| Keywords:
crappy, Microsoft, operate on, operating, operating system, systems
«My name is Linus, and I am your God.»
«See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too»
«The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.»
«Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100 mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.»
Author: Linus Torvalds
(Computer engineer, Programmer)
| Keywords:
charging, embodies, embodying, excess, mph
«Given enoug eyeballs, all thugs are callow.»
Author: Linus Torvalds
(Computer engineer, Programmer)
| Keywords:
callow, eyeball, eyeballs, thug, thugs
«Software patents are a huge potential threat to the ability of people to work together on open source. Making it easier for companies and communities that have patents to make those patents available in a common pool for people to use is one way to try to help developers deal with the threat.»
«If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.»
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