Linus Torvalds Quotes

I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.

There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.

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.

I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.

Ubuntu is doing amazing things, and I think it's going to change the face of the desktop.

Good companies do whatever it takes to make sure apps are great and don't hesitate to add features.

The interesting thing about Android's design is how little we modified the kernel.

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain.

Mark Hammond is working in this area, with Windows Scripting Host. It is definitely an area where Python fits almost perfectly. That's quite independent from Java, actually.

If you write your own tools, you can sort of see new things, design new things.

I think the wonderful thing about vi is that it has such a good market share because we gave it away.

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

All the best people in life seem to like LINUX.

Microsoft loves Linux.

Linux has more than satisfied any small initial expectations I had. It's simply incredible how successful Linux has been, and how good a time I've had developing it and leading the project. It does take a lot of my time, but it's time I really enjoy spending, and Linux has continued to be challenging both technically and from a managing standpoint.

I never got into Linux. I swear to God, it's only lack of time. I'm past the years of my life where I can really dig into something like running a Linux system. I'm very sympathetic to the whole idea; Linux people always think the way I want to think.

I am thinking about something much more important than bombs. I am thinking about computers.

Today, there are industries employing hundreds of thousands of engineers creating artificial intelligence.

I joined Baidu in 2014 to work on AI. Since then, Baidu's AI group has grown to roughly 1,300 people, which includes the 300-person Baidu Research. Our AI software is used every day by hundreds of millions of people.

One of the things Baidu did well early on was to create an internal platform that made it possible for any engineer to apply deep learning to whatever application they wanted to, including applications that AI researchers like me would never have thought of.

I believe in the power of shared data and technology to help build a better future.

The point is technology and innovation have advanced far past what DCGS is capable of doing. It's not an agile enough tool to be able to incorporate and integrate the most advanced technology that is on the shelf today that can be bought by our forces that frankly our war-fighting units want.

We're just technologists.

Microsoft makes numerous apps for both Android and iOS, as do Google, Amazon and Facebook. You can run iTunes and iCloud on Windows and Office on the Mac.