Software Quotes

Small: I think the most difficult thing had been scaling the infrastructure. Trying to support the response we had re
"I think the most difficult thing had been scaling the infrastructure. Trying to support the response we had received from our users and the number of people that were interested in using the software"
Shawn Fanning, Businessman
Small: Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosqui
"Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria"
Richard Stallman, Scientist
Small: Human beings either function as individuals or as members of a pack. Theres a switch inside us, deep in our sp
Jaron Lanier
"Human beings either function as individuals or as members of a pack. There's a switch inside us, deep in our spirit, that you can turn one way or the other. It's almost always the case that our worst behaviour comes out when we're switched to the mob setting. The problem with a lot of software designs is that they switch us to that setting"
Jaron Lanier, Artist
Small: The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity
Jack Welch
"The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%"
Jack Welch, Businessman
Small: In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm
"In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm"
Alan Perlis, Scientist
Small: I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work
"I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work"
Edward Tufte, Educator
Small: Software Engineering might be science but thats not what I do. Im a hacker, not an engineer
"Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer"
Jamie Zawinski, Scientist
Small: Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon
"Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon"
Adam Osborne, Author
Small: So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advanc
Kevin Mitnick
"So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock"
Kevin Mitnick, Celebrity
Small: Authoring tools are terrible there is almost no software that can create closed captions for media players. An
"'Authoring tools' are terrible; there is almost no software that can create closed captions for media players. And of course there is no training. TV captioning is bad enough, and this stuff is generally worse"
Joe Clark, Scientist
Small: While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some soft
"While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible"
Lawrence Lessig, Educator
Small: Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point
"Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?"
Alan Perlis, Scientist
Small: When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause
"When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with
"In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what
"I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing
"You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing"
Roy Romer, Politician
Small: Interactive computers and software will, I think, provide a less costly method of doing some kinds of inquiry,
"Interactive computers and software will, I think, provide a less costly method of doing some kinds of inquiry, in knowledge acquisition and even reasoning and interaction"
Roy Romer, Politician
Small: The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now
"The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now"
Dave Rowntree, Musician
Small: I developed some unique software to public it on the web that I call the Folklore Project
Andy Hertzfeld
"I developed some unique software to public it on the web that I call the Folklore Project"
Andy Hertzfeld, Inventor
Small: Limit use of shareware and public domain software to systems without fixed disks. If you do use them on fixed
"Limit use of shareware and public domain software to systems without fixed disks. If you do use them on fixed disks, allocate separate subdirectories... Public domain or shareware software should never be placed in the root directory"
John McAfee, Businessman
Small: As every new breed of virus is conceived, created and released into the wild, another small change is made to
"As every new breed of virus is conceived, created and released into the wild, another small change is made to the anti-virus software to combat the new threat"
Glenn Turner, Athlete
Small: Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developi
Roberta Williams
"Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer"
Roberta Williams, Designer
Small: So far, Indian companies have focused more on customer application. This needs to shift to packaged software f
"So far, Indian companies have focused more on customer application. This needs to shift to packaged software for sectors such as banking and financial services"
Sanjay Kumar, Businessman
Small: Defect-free software does not exist
"Defect-free software does not exist"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you
Kevin Mitnick
"Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you"
Kevin Mitnick, Celebrity
Small: Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware
"Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware"
Ken Olsen, Businessman
Small: There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it
"There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it"
Jim Allchin, Businessman
Small: Red Carpet Enterprise has been really well received since one guy can install it in about an hour, and it make
Nat Friedman
"Red Carpet Enterprise has been really well received since one guy can install it in about an hour, and it makes it trivial to deal with software management issues like deploying updates and creating standard package sets for your various machines"
Nat Friedman, Businessman
Small: Its probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emac
Nat Friedman
"It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software"
Nat Friedman, Businessman
Small: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later
"Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later"
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
Small: With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and its still a good buy
"With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy"
Adam Osborne, Author
Small: Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements
"Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux thats the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code
"Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway!"
Jamie Zawinski, Scientist
Small: There is one major problem with anti-virus software: It needs updating. Users cannot be relied upon to have ev
"There is one major problem with anti-virus software: It needs updating. Users cannot be relied upon to have even the anti-virus software in the first place, let alone be able or willing to pay for the updates"
Glenn Turner, Athlete
Small: The scanning of barcodes, or the reading of RFID transponders, generates data that is used in a software packa
"The scanning of barcodes, or the reading of RFID transponders, generates data that is used in a software package to provide management or control information"
Mike Marsh, Athlete
Small: By the time Apples Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine t
"By the time Apple's Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine that could possibly run it. The term of copyright for software is effectively unlimited"
Lawrence Lessig, Educator
Small: Yet, I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be rec
"Yet, I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it is worth investing effort in its development and in using a careful, structured approach based on safe, structured languages"
Niklaus Wirth, Scientist
Small: Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings
"Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings"
Niklaus Wirth, Scientist
Small: We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner whos halfway around the world. We can distribute inform
Jim Barksdale
"We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who's halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers and shareholders, and get their feedback"
Jim Barksdale, Businessman
Small: The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid
"The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid"
Wietse Venema, Scientist