“Investors are still thinking through the consequences of reinventing the software industry as one with an explicit focus on service rather than closed intellectual property, and will be for some time to come.” — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
“Yes, the success of open source does call into some question the utility of command-and-control systems, of secrecy, of centralization, and of certain kinds of intellectual property. It would be almost disingenuous not to admit that it suggests (or at… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
The Wesnoth devs are good but not exceptionally so, and we're weighed down by a crappy implementation language (C++). Nevertheless our productivity, in terms… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
“We’re proving not only that we can do better software, but that joy is an asset.” — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers. — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
“If (as is generally accepted) over 75% of a typical software project’s life-cycle costs will be in maintenance and debugging and extensions, then the… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
The combination of threads, remote-procedure-call interfaces, and heavyweight object-oriented design is especially dangerous... if you are ever invited onto a project that is supposed… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
“The Linux world behaves in many respects like a free market or an ecology, a collection of selfish agents attempting to maximize utility which… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
“The reason this is a serious issue is that both the pool of users and the pool of talent available to be recruited into… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
A security system is only as secure as its secret. Beware of pseudo-secrets. — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Today I am one of the senior technical cadre that makes the Internet work, and a core Linux and open-source developer. — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
