From the December _Linux Journal_:

Doc Searls wrote a sidebar about how Linux might just be aptly described by the Swedish word "lagom", & because Swedish is the mother language of Linus Tovalds (creator of Linux), he asked Torvalds for his input.

Searls notes that Torvalds side-stepped his question, but did offer the following sentence:

"And yes, it means 'just right', in the sense of 'not too much, not too little'. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagom"

On one hand, I guess his mention shows that we must be doing something right; despite all of the press, I was still surprised to learn that he had heard of Wikipedia. But on the other hand, I have to wonder whether he has contributed to any Wikipedia articles. (My guess is that it would be to [[Powerpoint]].)

Geoff