Linus Torvalds

I'm not a hero. I'm just a guy who started a project.

I'm not a god. I'm just a guy who created Linux.

I'm not a visionary, I just want to make things work well.

I'm not a social butterfly. I'm a code butterfly.

I'm not a rock star. I'm a kernel hacker.

I'm not a guru, I just happen to know a lot about kernels.

I'm not a prophet. I'm a programmer.

I'm not a saint, I just happen to have a lot of patience for code.

I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).

I'm not a professional programmer; I'm a software engineer. I'm not a professional operating system designer; I'm a software engineer. I'm not a professional anything; I'm a software engineer.

I'm a great believer in 'good enough'.

The fact that I'm not a professional programmer is probably why I'm still doing this. If I were a professional, I'd probably be doing something else.

I don't care about being right. I care about getting it right.

I'm not a visionary. I'm an engineer.

I'm not a big fan of 'design by committee'.

I'm not interested in making money. I'm interested in making good software.

I'm not a fan of 'reinventing the wheel'.

I'm not a fan of 'bloat'.

I'm not a fan of 'over-engineering'.

I'm not a fan of 'premature optimization'.