Linus Torvalds

“Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.”

“See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.”

“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”

“Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.”

“A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows.”

“If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.”

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

“The 'theory' of open source is that you have a lot of people looking at the code, and as a result, bugs get found and fixed faster.”

“In my opinion, Microsoft is a cancer.”

“I'm a lazy person, which is why I like open source. You get a lot of people to do your work for you.”

“My name is Linus, and I am your god.”

“Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.”

“Security is a meaningless concept. The only real security is obscurity.”

“I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'Git'.”

“Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it.”