I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies end up pushing it in the direction they want, and as such you end up with something that is pretty balanced across the board. Linus Torvalds advantagebalanceboard share on social
I've been very happy with the commercial Linux CD-ROM vendors linux Red Hat. Linus Torvalds commercialhappyhat Change image and share on social
I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs. Linus Torvalds binaryhavelinux Change image and share on social
What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt. Linus Torvalds attributefeltfind Change image and share on social
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 competitiongoallinux Change image and share on social
Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral. Linus Torvalds avoidfairlyissue share on social
Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it. Linus Torvalds artistartisticdue Change image and share on social
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. Linus Torvalds absolutelycommercialhappy Change image and share on social
Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software. Linus Torvalds badcombinecommercial Change image and share on social
I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming. Linus Torvalds arguecatharticcomplain Change image and share on social
