We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases.

When it comes to .NET they've done a really outstanding job.

In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent.

So if we're going to build new applications that require a large time investment, like say movie editing - today that doesn't matter for the enterprise desktop, but eventually it will when we get closer to consumers - you really need to have a cross-platform story.

I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.

We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux.

We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate.

It's strategic for us - lots of people will develop applications in .NET.

After releasing Mono 1.0, we started work on a new edition of Mono that will be released later in the year.

I think that by October the whole company has to migrate to OpenOffice, and then I think it's by June next year we all migrate to Linux - you don't want to migrate 6,000 people both operating system and office suite in a single jump.

They have a beautiful security system and we're emulating the whole security infrastructure.

I've never worked with the Java community.

Our strategy in dealing with patents in Mono is the same strategy that any other software developer would take. In the event of a patent claim, we will try to find prior art to the claim of the patent.

We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them.

Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there.

In some cases we've been building tools that are specific to Linux for the desktop, and they only work on Linux, but I see two major projects that are wildly, wildly successful: Mozilla and OpenOffice, and those two programs are cross platform.

Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.

Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.

We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases.

Running the test suite like this allows us to catch problems when they are just introduced.

In addition to that, Mono has produced a very large set of extra libraries.

With .NET once an API is published it's available to all programming languages at the same time.

The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today.

Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology.

All of our code is open source, so it can be used for other projects.

In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.

I don't think we live in a particularly equal society.

We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.

Abundance doesn't follow giving until giving becomes its own reward.

A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky.

Ultimately, Captchas are useless for spam because they're designed to tell you if someone is 'human' or not, but not whether something is spam or not.

I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself.

For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.'

I'm really excited about the prospect of deepening what is already a really strong relationship that I have with the people of Broward.

Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating them.

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.

A bore is a man who when you ask him how he is tells you.

Sketching is almost everything. It is the painter's identity, his style, his conviction, and then color is just a gift to the drawing.

I kind of cherish at least the idea of Midwestern candor and openness. But I couldn't live there.

We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers.

I always wanted to sing. I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know how to make the singing thing happen.

I love watching Billy Bob, just as a punter anyway. I like his work. But working with him is really easy and really straight-forward. He's immediately good. He doesn't have to work up to it. He doesn't make your life difficult. He listens. He's a very good listener, in terms of his acting.

Those who realize their folly are not true fools.

I've had a ton of fast-food jobs - it changes your approach to human interaction forever.

I did a bit of modeling before I took up acting, and I was up for this big campaign - I can't remember which designer - and all these execs were looking at my portfolio. Then one said: 'We'd like to use you, but can you come back next year when you've lost this.' And he tapped the underside of his chin.

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.

Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.

The central pillar of our justice system is due process. You have got to be charged with a crime. Then you can challenge those charges in a court of law with a trial.