"Pushing the envelope is a good thing. Internet standards follow pioneers who deliver code that works and does what people want." - Jon Udell
<http://www.gamon.org//Profession/Profession-PithyNetQuotes02.htm>
It is very very hard to find people who don't flame, and are calm and rational — and have good taste. I mean it's like... give me one honest man. It doesn't happen .... too much. And at the same time, when it happens, it matters a lot. Just a few of these people make a huge difference. - Linus Torvalds
(Source: his talk on the Linux Lunacy Geek Cruise)
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.
(Source: same.)
There are a lot of reasons for the penguin. I was bitten by a penguin. And it's a true story. It's funny, because there are a lot of Web sites about the penguin. There's like The History of Tux, and things like that. And some of these Web sites have some of my explanation. And they almost universally say, 'It's a great story, but it's not true.' That I was bitten by a penguin.
It's true! I was bitten by a penguin! I mean, really! Take it from me! I'm wounded!
Okay, so he wasn't six foot tall. - Linus Torvalds
(Source: same.)
"In the early days Linux was under the wire without the chief information officer (CIO) knowledge. It was the technical decision for things such as a file and print server, with cost or reliability the driver. Now we have CIO adoption." - Adam Jollans, IBM worldwide Linux software marketing strategy manager
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1144291>
"Anything touching Linux" - Gap Corp. CIO Ken Harris, on his company's technology project priorities.
<http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/systems/0,39001153,39154483,00.htm>
<"We're very aggressive around migrating to Linux, the target is to buy no new Unix kit....Until one year ago most mainstream applications were on Unix. The back-office systems are on mainframes, but everything else was on Sun." Lehman Brothers CIO Emea Russell
<http://www.cbronline.com/magazine/2d7f2e75fecd8bbfc2256d7800317032>