Torvalds, Linus (2008-07-15), Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10, retrieved: 2025-06-02

Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them.

— Linus Torvalds

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them." in the context of "Torvalds, Linus (2008-07-15), Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10, retrieved: 2025-06-02" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Linus Torvalds

About Linus Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.