#linux

Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers coordinating only through the Internet. ↗

— Eric S. Raymond

#casually #completely #coordinating #different #different way

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#cancer #everything #intellectual #intellectual property #itself

The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#always #been #customers #developers #important

There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#good #how #kernel #linux #lots

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. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#cyberspace #depend #earnings #format #get

I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#competition #different #especially #goals #i

I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

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