Linus Torvalds Quotes

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Linus Torvalds

Profession : Businessman

Birth : December 28, 1969

I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

Linus Torvalds

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

The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail.

Linus Torvalds

An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing.

Linus Torvalds

It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring.

Linus Torvalds

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