Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all.
Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'.
I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.
I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.
Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.
I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.
I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.
You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior.
If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.
An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing.
I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.
I personally think of Linux development as being pretty non-localized, and I work with all the people entirely over e-mail - even if they happen to be working in the Portland area.
No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal.
Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.
I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies end up pushing it in the direction they want, and as such you end up with something that is pretty balanced across the board.