Adapting Quote by Alan Perlis

As the component parts of all new machines may be said to be old[,] it is a nice discriminating judgment, which discovers that a…

— Robert Fulton

Why should someone have to retrain themselves to use a new application that does the same basic thing as the old application, just because…

— Jamie Zawinski

There is a constant need for new systems and new software.

— Marc Andreessen

Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different…

— Douglas Crockford

For a machine to run smoothly and predictably, its parts must be standard and hence replaceable, features which contribute, respectively, to modern depersonalization and…

— Charles Eisenstein

Any time you go into a new environment, you have to learn a new system, there are adjustments you have to make.

— Baron Davis

Each new machine or technique, in a sense, changes all existing machines and techniques, by permitting us to put them together into new combinations.…

— Alvin Toffler

Machines will follow a path that mirrors the evolution of humans. Ultimately, however, self-aware, self-improving machines will evolve beyond humans' ability to control or…

— Ray Kurzweil

In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.

— Alan Kay

It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to…

— Valentino Rossi

“This kind of incrementalism leads to irrelevance over time, especially in technology, because change tends to be revolutionary not evolutionary.”

— Eric Schmidt

“Changing requirements are the programming equivalent of friction”

— Sandi Metz