The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
One can expect the human race to continue attempting systems just within or just beyond our reach; and software systems are perhaps… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
To only a fraction of the human race does God give the privilege of earning one's bread doing what one would have… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
More software projects have gone awry for lack of calendar time than for all other causes combined. — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
The first step toward the management of disease was replacement of demon theories and humours theories by the germ theory. That very step, the… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
An ancient adage warns, "Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three." — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
A computer program is a message from a man to a machine. The rigidly marshaled syntax and the scrupulous definitions all exist to make… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a display screen… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
Improving your process won't move you from good to great design. It'll move you from bad to average. — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
We tend to blame the physical media for most of our implementation difficulties; for the media are not "ours" in the way the ideas… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
Product procedure...must securely protect the crown jewels, but, equally important, it must eschew building high fences around the garbage cans. — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
