326 Quotes by Linus Torvalds

Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.

Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many.

The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce them.

In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.

I love making friends.... it's people I can't stand.

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.

Only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

Portability is for people who cannot write new programs