I started working on OpenBSD, and many earlier projects, because I have always felt that vendor systems were not designed for quality.

De Raadt played a vital role in the creation of the SPARC port as together with Chuck Cranor [2] he implemented much of the initial code. He also maintained that the conflict was not about GPL but the way Linux developer Michael Buesch handled the situation. The initial release OpenBSD 1.

Theo de Raadt (/ˈθiː. oʊ dɛˈrɔːt/; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈteː.