As Apple continues to release new styles of netbooks, laptops, and even desktops with untold movie-watching and game-playing capabilities, I wouldn't be… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
The crucial legacy of the personal computer is that anyone can write code for it and give or sell that code to… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can't say that I like MicroSoft: I think they make rather bad operating systems - Windows NT is just more of… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Android is very different from the GNU/Linux operating system because it contains very little of GNU. Indeed, just about the only component… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Identical twins are ideal lab specimens for studying the difference between learned and inherited traits since they come from the womb preloaded… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
“Each big idea like that is an operating system upgrade," she says, smiling. Comfortable territory. "Writers are responsible for some of it.… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“many of the oldest programs still ran in the bowels of the Qeng Ho system. Take the Traders’ method of timekeeping. The… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
I think they should separate Microsoft's application group from its operating system group. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Enchantment can be done with writing but I think enchantment is basically a prospective or an operating system for life. That you… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“A serial killer should do a regular hard drive erase and reinstall of their computer operating system.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“In the next five years another 1,000 nanosats are expected to be launched (seeTechnology Quarterly). Two trends are setting up nanosats for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Closed environments dominated the computing world of the 1970s and early '80s. An operating system written for a Hewlett-Packard computer ran only… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
“The human body is a funny machine. When you want to move something - say, your arm - the brain actually sends… — Hiroshi Sakurazaka Copy Share Image
You are not naked when you take off your clothes. You still wear your religious assumptions, your prejudices, your fears, your illusions,… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“Almost every PC owner has lost a weekend sorting through the debris of worms, viruses, spyware, and broken permissions. Since Windows was… — Hunter Travis Copy Share Image
This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Civilization needs a new operating system. — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
“There they are. Lieutenant Jack Loveday and Lieutenant Alex Wakeman. I’ve only seen their photos so far and the pictures that are… — Sarah Alderson Copy Share Image
There are no barriers to entries. Think of this as Linux in terms of software. Anyone can have part of the operating… — Paul Gigot Copy Share Image
UNIX does not allow path names to be prefixed by a drive name or number; that would be precisely the kind of… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
My ultimate goal is to create operating systems for myself that allow me to think as little as possible about the silly… — Alexa Von Tobel Copy Share Image
