People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I obviously think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Personalization is the automatic tailoring of sites and messages to the individuals viewing them, so that we can feel that somewhere there's… — David Weinberger Copy Share Image
The novice-friendly software is more like a misbehaving dog: it shits on the floor, it destroys things, and stinks - the novice-friendly… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
The ever-growing size of software applications is what makes Moore's Law possible: 'If we hadn't brought your computer to its knees, why… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
If you, or any public-spirited programmer, wanted to figure out what the software on your machine is really doing, tough luck. It's… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
I think there's a great homogenizing force that software imposes on people and limits the way they think about what's possible on… — Golan Levin Copy Share Image
Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Despite outsiders being invited to write software, the iPhone thus remains tightly tethered to its vendor - the way that the Kindle… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
We are splintering what was the 'camera' and its functionality - lens, sensors, and processing - into distinct parts, but, instead of… — Om Malik Copy Share Image
We are so obsessed with the Net and technology that we forget the message... We imagine to be able to do anything,… — Neville Brody Copy Share Image
There's nothing more frustrating than seeing cynics sit there and say, 'Well, nobody can make any more money because Microsoft and Intel… — Michael J. Saylor Copy Share Image
It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one—not rock stars, not professional… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
If you think about the market that we're in, and more broadly just the enterprise software market, the kind of transition that's… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
Companies often visit my office, or invite me to theirs, to brief me on new products, Web sites, or software before they… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
Early on, when software was developed by computer scientists, just people working with computers, people passed around software because that was how… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of good movies produced well can be distributed or marketed badly. Of course, a lot of bad movies marketed well… — Ronnie Screwvala Copy Share Image
Biology is a software process. Our bodies are made up of trillions of cells, each governed by this process. You and I… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Flying in space is risky. It will never be safe, and the best thing we can do is manage those risks. It's… — Alan G. Poindexter Copy Share Image
Predation is part of the everyday life of capitalism, in sectors as mainstream as pharmaceuticals, software and oil - where people's money,… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
Just remember: you're not a 'dummy,' no matter what those computer books claim. The real dummies are the people who-though technically expert-couldn't… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
If you want a language that tries to lock up all the sharp objects and fire-making implements, use Pascal or Ada: the… — Scott Fahlman Copy Share Image
I actually am fairly uncomfortable about it, even if our firm stipulation was that they cannot tell us what to do. We… — Theo de Raadt Copy Share Image
Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses - it's progressing. Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Rightly or wrongly, for better or worse, valuation is a very important tool for recruiting - particularly in the markets for software… — Parker Conrad Copy Share Image
Magicians are typically introverted; they don't tend to work with others, but I work with software programmers, composers, designers, so it's a… — Marco Tempest Copy Share Image
“The man persisted. "No, no, no. It was so funny. What software did you use?" - apparently in the belief that the… — David A. Price Copy Share Image
I have a big collection of quotation programs...In particular, I like MCR Software's Wisdom of the Ages, which has the best selection… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
What we were doing was trying to simply get the information we need once we learned from our vendor after the software… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz Copy Share Image
Jobless workers, especially those out of work for months and years, don't have the skills to multitask in a fast-paced economy where… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Here's the secret that every successful software company is based on: You can domesticate programmers the way beekeepers tame bees. You can't… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Software projects fail for one of two general reasons: the project team lacks the knowledge to conduct a software project successfully, or… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
We flew down weekly to meet with IBM, but they thought the way to measure software was the amount of code we… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
To create a usable piece of software, you have to fight for every fix, every feature, every little accommodation that will get… — Dave Winer Copy Share Image
As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I get so many requests for interviews. If I talk to everyone, we can't do our job with our customers and work… — Judith Faulkner Copy Share Image
We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who's halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We now know that something between 85 and 90 percent of most software product features are unwanted and unneeded by customers. That… — Steve Blank Copy Share Image