I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.

Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.

No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on creating a name that would appeal to the majority of people, and it certainly paid off: thousands of people are using linux just to be able to say "OS/2? Hah. I've got Linux. What a cool name". 386BSD made the mistake of putting a lot of numbers and weird abbreviations into the name, and is scaring away a lot of people just because it sounds too technical.

Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.

I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.

What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt.