I've actually found the image of Silicon Valley as a hotbed of money-grubbing tech people to be pretty false, but maybe that's because the people I hang out with are all really engineers. Linus Torvalds engineerfalsefind Change image and share on social
In many cases, the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary. Linus Torvalds casecommercialcompany Change image and share on social
Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day. Linus Torvalds californiacoldday Change image and share on social
The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. Linus Torvalds customerdeveloperimportant Change image and share on social
Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'. Linus Torvalds designengineerfashion Change image and share on social
I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works. Linus Torvalds generallypersonpragmatic Change image and share on social
Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense. Linus Torvalds linuxlotmake Change image and share on social
I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not going to buy into the fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords. Linus Torvalds aggressivenessbackstabbathrobe share on social
I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference. Linus Torvalds differencehappyoptimistic Change image and share on social
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. Linus Torvalds abilityavoidintelligence Change image and share on social
