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Invite to Software Quotes, the ultimate resource for all your software-related demands. Right here, you'll discover a broad selection of quotes from sector professionals, developers, as well as business owners. Whether you're seeking inspiration, guidance, or simply a few words of knowledge, you'll find it right here. We've collected the very best quotes from the world of software development, so you can remain up-to-date on the current trends as well as innovations. So, take a look around as well as locate the excellent quote for your project.
Small: Software is like sex: its better when its free
Linus Torvalds
"Software is like sex: it's better when it's free"
Linus Torvalds, Businessman
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Small: Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn
Steve Jobs
"Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn"
Steve Jobs, Businessman
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Small: Its hardware that makes a machine fast. Its software that makes a fast machine slow
Craig Bruce
"It's hardware that makes a machine fast. It's software that makes a fast machine slow"
Craig Bruce
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Small: People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware
Alan Kay
"People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware"
Alan Kay, Scientist
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Small: We are as much moving into a software age as we moved into an iron age
Whitfield Diffie
"We are as much moving into a software age as we moved into an iron age"
Whitfield Diffie, Scientist
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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
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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
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Small: Well, user feedback was excellent. Even when the software didnt work at all, there were few people who were av
"Well, user feedback was excellent. Even when the software didn't work at all, there were few people who were avid users, and there were people who were just sending excellent feedback and excellent ideas"
Shawn Fanning, Businessman
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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
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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
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Small: Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware
"Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware"
Ken Olsen, Businessman
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Small: Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings
"Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings"
Niklaus Wirth, Scientist
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Small: The engineering is long gone in most PC companies. In the consumer electronics companies, they dont understand
Steve Jobs
"The engineering is long gone in most PC companies. In the consumer electronics companies, they don't understand the software parts of it. And so you really can't make the products that you can make at Apple anywhere else right now. Apple's the only company that has everything under one roof"
Steve Jobs, Businessman
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Small: Whether its Google or Apple or free software, weve got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes
Bill Gates
"Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes"
Bill Gates, Businessman
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Small: Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of
Bill Gates
"Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy"
Bill Gates, Businessman
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Small: Im sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this.
Bill Gates
"I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software"
Bill Gates, Businessman
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Small: When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has wor
Linus Torvalds
"When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver"
Linus Torvalds, Businessman
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Small: People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something inte
Linus Torvalds
"People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born"
Linus Torvalds, Businessman
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Small: Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software
Arthur C. Clarke
"Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software"
Arthur C. Clarke, Writer
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Small: Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable
Tim Berners-Lee
"Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
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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
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Small: Why shouldnt we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does
William Gibson
"Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?"
William Gibson, Writer
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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
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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
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Small: I have this hope that there is a better way. Higher-level tools that actually let you see the structure of the
"I have this hope that there is a better way. Higher-level tools that actually let you see the structure of the software more clearly will be of tremendous value"
Guido van Rossum, Scientist
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Small: Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and pol
Al Gore
"Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster"
Al Gore, Vice President
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Small: The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high softwa
"The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high
"Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they want, while national unemployment and underemployment is sky high"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: Perhaps the single most dramatic example of this phenomenon of software eating a traditional business is the s
"Perhaps the single most dramatic example of this phenomenon of software eating a traditional business is the suicide of Borders and corresponding rise of Amazon"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions
"I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions"
Larry Wall, Author
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Small: I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history.
"I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great"
Larry Wall, Author
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Small: Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Sili
"Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which s
"My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services - fro
"More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services - from movies to agriculture to national defense"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: Todays leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabiliti
"Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: On the back end, software programming tools and Internet-based services make it easy to launch new global soft
"On the back end, software programming tools and Internet-based services make it easy to launch new global software-powered start-ups in many industries - without the need to invest in new infrastructure and train new employees"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming
"Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: In short, software is eating the world
"In short, software is eating the world"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
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Small: Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone elses patent
"Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
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Small: Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it
James Levine
"Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it"
James Levine, Musician
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