If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50 million computers, considerably more thought might have gone into it. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
A refund for defective software might be nice, except it would bankrupt the entire software industry in the first year. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me It later came out… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Sequential programming is really hard, and parallel programming is a step beyond that. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Linux is a leprosy; … This statement is not grammatically or factually correct. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just as fast… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
But in all honesty, I would suggest that people who want a modern "free" OS look around for a microkernel-based, portable OS, like maybe… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
