The Best Quotes of Linus Torvalds

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[–]CreditKnifeMan 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Software is like sex; it's better when it's free.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's usually true in the long term, but it's not very good for the first ten years. Usually the commercial products boom at first, but then start getting lazy right around the time the open source alternatives catch up to them. The only other major problem I can see is that programmers usually design the UI, which is a big no-no.

[–]NuclearBadger 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I remember when he said that about nvidia lol.

Considering how they keep doing shitty anti consumer practises, it's not surprising they won't go open source.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Your life is nothing! You serve zero purpose! You should kill yourself now! And give somebody else a piece of that oxygen, and ozone layer, so that we can breathe inside this blue trapped bubble. Cause what are you here for? To worship me? Kill yourself! I mean that, with 100%. With 1000%.

He's got some anger issues.