We can build a better product than Linux..

Me trying to make a business around Linux would have been a total disaster..

Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests..

I'm not worried about the kernel itself or the basic system. All the commercialization is about the distributions and the applications. As such, it o….

I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places..

I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product..

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

That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle..

Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense..

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

Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did..

I made very sure that I did not get involved with any of the commercial Linux companies, exactly so that I would be neutral and not ever seen as "wor….

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

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

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 ….

There were open source projects and free software before Linux was there. Linux in many ways is one of the more visible and one of the bigger technic….

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can..

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won..

It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not..

I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me..

Linux is a superbly polished copy of an antique - shinier than the original, perhaps, but still defined by it..