I knew nothing about sales, marketing or how to run a company. Nor did I have a desire to do any of those things. Brian Behlendorf Read Quote
Companies have been trying to figure out what it is that makes open source work. Brian Behlendorf Read Quote
Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development. Brian Behlendorf Read Quote
And, I think that is actually appropriate because I’m really not the world’s best programmer, I think it’s a good thing that I’m not touching the code. Brian Behlendorf Read Quote
Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there’s the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache out there and why it’s a good thing for society. Brian Behlendorf Read Quote
I think the most that I’ve learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us. Brian Behlendorf Read Quote
So that’s my main role right now and really the politics also includes going out and communicating to the world why Apache is a good thing, why companies should be involved in it, and why individuals should be involved in it too. Brian Behlendorf Read Quote
