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Linus Torvalds Quotes about Economy

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Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.

Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.

Linus Torvalds
Artist, Hobbies, Economy
"FM Interviews: Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates software developers". Interview with Rishabh Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. October 3, 2005.

Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many.

Linus Torvalds
Important, Want, Economy
"FM Interviews: Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates software developers". Interview with Rishabh Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. October 3, 2005.

In many cases the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary.

Linus Torvalds
Important, Economy, Program
"Linux's Linus Torvalds Interview". Interview with Hiroo Yamagata, www.drdobbs.com. January 1, 2002.

I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.

Linus Torvalds
Economy, Pragmatic, Persons
"Linux's Linus Torvalds Interview". Interview with Hiroo Yamagata, www.drdobbs.com. January 1, 2002.

I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

Linus Torvalds
Linux, Economy, Paid
"FM Interviews: Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates software developers". Interview with Rishabh Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. October 3, 2005.

Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all.

Linus Torvalds
Answers, Sometimes, Economy

Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.

Linus Torvalds
Computer, Economy, Worst

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.

Linus Torvalds
Worry, Linux, Economy
"The Pragmatist of Free Software". Interview with Hiroo Yamagata, www.tlug.jp. September 30, 1997.

When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver.

Linus Torvalds
Needs, Enough, Economy
"Linux's Linus Torvalds Interview". Interview with Hiroo Yamagata, www.drdobbs.com. January 1, 2002.

Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.

Linus Torvalds
Venture, Linux, Economy
"Linux's Linus Torvalds Interview". Interview with Hiroo Yamagata, www.drdobbs.com. January 1, 2002.

Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.

Linus Torvalds
Linux, Materialistic, Economy
"FM Interviews: Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates software developers". Interview with Rishabh Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. October 3, 2005.

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