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Linus Torvalds Says Linux Still Surprises and Motivates Him (linux.com)
Linus Torvalds: What I find interesting is code that I thought was stable continually gets improved. There are things we haven't touched for many years, then someone comes along and improves them or makes bug reports in something I thought no one used. We have new hardware, new features that are developed, but after 25 years, we still have old, very basic things that people care about and still improve. I really like what I'm doing. I like waking up and having a job that is technically interesting and challenging without being too stressful so I can do it for long stretches; something where I feel I am making a real difference and doing something meaningful not just for me. I occasionally have taken breaks from my job. The 2-3 weeks I worked on Git to get that started for example. But every time I take a longer break, I get bored. When I go diving for a week, I look forward to getting back. I never had the feeling that I need to take a longer break.
In other news, Larry Ellison says that money still surprises and motivates him.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
There are things we haven't touched for many years, then someone comes along and improves them
The NSA is just glad to help you out, Linus. Just don't stare too long at our code.
Linux is Linus Torvalds' lifes' work.
How many of you can say you have anything that is your lifes' work, and not just a job? Seems like an eviable thing to me, to have a "lifes' work".
I sincerely hope that no-one else says that. It would be much better if they said "life's work" instead.
Hey Linus, can you take 3 more weeks off and unfuck systemd already?