Linus Torvalds on Human Nature
Browse 5 quotations attributed to Linus Torvalds, catalogued under Human Nature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Linus Torvalds, entry #109011: "I am a lazy person, which is why I like open source, for other people to do work for me."
Attributed to Linus Torvalds, entry #18676: "Portability is for people who cannot write new programs."
5 Quotes by Linus Torvalds on Human Nature
"I am a lazy person, which is why I like open source, for other people to do work for me."
"Portability is for people who cannot write new programs."
"I claim that Mach people are incompetent idiots."
"I don't doubt at all that virtualization is useful in some areas. What I doubt rather strongly is that it will ever have the kind of impact that the people involved in virtualization want it to have."
"Modern PCs are horrible. ACPI is a complete design disaster in every way. But we're kind of stuck with it. If any Intel people are listening to this and you had anything to do with ACPI, shoot yourself now, before you reproduce."