UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
- Dennis Ritchie
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.
- Linus Torvalds
Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.
- Linus Torvalds
In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.
- Linus Trovalds
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
- Bjarne Stroustrup
I am a programmer.
- Ken Thompson