There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it. — Jim Allchin Copy Share Image
Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
For years, computer scientists were treating operating systems design as sort of an open-reserch issue, when the field's direction had been decided… — David Gelernter 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
Willpower is the fuel that runs human life; Like a driver in a computer application, Or Operating System in cyber programme, Willpower… — Praveen Kumar 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
Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Technically, Windows is an "operating system," which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
A lot of people are joking about the Windows 10 error message that says 'Something Happened'. Well, that's not on me. My… — Satya Nadella Copy Share Image
I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
When Steve Jobs toured Xerox PARC and saw computers running the first operating system that used Windows and a mouse, he assumed… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
It's much easier to become a hacker now. It was a private community before and you had to find your way in,… — Michael Demon Calce Copy Share Image
Thompson and Ritchie were among the first to realize that hardware and compiler technology had become good enough that an entire operating… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
EVERY MOMENT IN business happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
So just to be clear, Microsoft has created a new operating system that isn't properly compatible with a best-selling, still perfectly useable… — Robert Peston Copy Share Image
An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in. Microsoft started… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
There's no other company that could make a MacBook Air and the reason is that not only do we control the hardware,… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Nokia and Research in Motion needed a modern operating system. They could have bought Palm or Android before Google did, but they… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
The hugely popular Windows 95 operating system revolutionized the software world thanks to its capability of accomplishing the seemingly impossible task of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
By the time Apple's Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine that could possibly run… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It feels as if ever since the iPhone was released, the Macintosh computer has become just another leverage point in this other… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
I suggested that someone grab Bill Gates and get him to install a new operating system, but apparently he's not a demon"… — Larissa Ione Copy Share Image
We had planned to integrate a Web browser with our operating system as far back as 1993( filing its first court responses… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. As the successor to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Little did I know that I would be fortunate enough to develop several operating systems in my lifetime; developing one is a… — Dave Cutler Copy Share Image
I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Meditation is the short path to happiness. Meditation takes you beyond the desire-aversion operating system that offers very limited happiness and a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I've been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using… — Joel Spolsky Copy Share Image
From an operating system research point of view, Unix is if not dead certainly old stuff, and it's clear that people should… — Dennis Ritchie 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
The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We've gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that… — Jamie Zawinski Copy Share Image
I have developed a Zen-like approach to the operating systems that people use: 'When you're ready, the right operating system will appear… — Guy Kawasaki 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
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
Corporations, in the name of efficiency, suppress variation by "getting all the ducks in line."To optimize productivity, they evolve highly refined and… — Richard Pascale Copy Share Image
Microsoft had captured control over the operating system. And the reason it was able to maintain that dominance is because there was… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
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