Software Quotes

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: There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software des
"There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy"
John Baldacci, Politician
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: One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the
"One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible"
Steve Case, Businessman
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: Defect-free software does not exist
"Defect-free software does not exist"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: Were entering a new world in which data may be more important than software
"We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software"
Tim O'Reilly
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: None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software
"None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software"
Trip Hawkins, Businessman
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: From day one our next generation system will run all our exsisting software - so that gives us a head start
"From day one our next generation system will run all our exsisting software - so that gives us a head start"
Trip Hawkins, Businessman
Small: We also had good software in the key categories and more focus on the gameplaying capability, so more of the m
"We also had good software in the key categories and more focus on the gameplaying capability, so more of the marketing effort was targeted at game customers"
Trip Hawkins, Businessman
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
Small: My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated
"My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: Writing software thats safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting
"Writing software that's safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily
"This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when
"Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their system software"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists
"Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems
"The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way
"For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
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: However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to
"However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
Small: I think were proving ourselves as we go along. The past several months our strategy has been evolutionary - ma
Jim Barksdale
"I think we're proving ourselves as we go along. The past several months our strategy has been evolutionary - making maximum advantage of our client browser, as well as our enterprise software for people who want to build Web sites"
Jim Barksdale, Businessman
Small: We can provide beta software to our developers in advance of the general public. We can easily link up with ex
Jim Barksdale
"We can provide beta software to our developers in advance of the general public. We can easily link up with external partners, customers, and suppliers"
Jim Barksdale, Businessman
Small: I dont believe in government regulation of the software industry
Jim Barksdale
"I don't believe in government regulation of the software industry"
Jim Barksdale, Businessman
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: 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: 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: 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