Linus Torvalds Different Quotations

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

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.

I think the term "intellectual property" should be avoided, not because it's a bad term, but because it mixes things up that shouldn't be mixed up. There are different forms, and they hardly have anything to do with each other.

On a purely technical side, I'm really very happy with how Linux gets used in a very wide set of different areas. It's important for development.

If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system.