--- title: "3 Chris Espinosa Quotes - Famous Engineer (Rocket Megabyte's Texas adventure)" description: "Christopher Espinosa is an American software engineer. He is a senior employee of Apple Inc., officially employee number 8. Browse 3 Chris Espinosa quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chris-espinosa-23452.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Chris Espinosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chris-espinosa-23452.jpg) # Chris Espinosa (1961) Engineer **3** quotes in **28** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Chris Espinosa is an engineer, best known for *Rocket Megabyte's Texas adventure*. ## Quick Facts About Chris Espinosa Born September 18, 1961 Profession Engineer Notable works Rocket Megabyte's Texas adventure ## About Chris Espinosa Christopher Espinosa is an American software engineer. He is a senior employee of Apple Inc., officially employee number 8. Having joined the company at the age of fourteen in 1976 when it was still housed in Steve Jobs' parents' garage, writing software manuals and coding after school. As of 2026, he is the company's current and all-time longest-serving employee. ## Quotes by Chris Espinosa > [In my experience, telling someone to switch Unix shells for ease of use is like telling him to switch cigarette brands for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-espinosa/in-my-experience-telling-someone-to-switch-unix-shells-for-ease-of/) Chris Espinosa [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a3/chris-espinosa-82517_brands_in-my-experience-telling-someone-to-swit_140000.jpg) > [The grandiose plans of what Macintosh was gonna be was just so far out of whack with the truth of what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-espinosa/the-grandiose-plans-of-what-macintosh-was-gonna-be-was-just-so-far/) Chris Espinosa [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/chris-espinosa-82517_gaps_the-grandiose-plans-of-what-macintosh-wa_326701.jpg) > [For a business plan written when the hardware was a wire-wrapped board and the software was three demos on a graphics substrate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-espinosa/for-a-business-plan-written-when-the-hardware-was-a-wire-wrapped/) Chris Espinosa [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/chris-espinosa-82517_boards_for-a-business-plan-written-when-the-har_2391516.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-espinosa/#itemlist", "name": "Chris Espinosa Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In my experience, telling someone to switch Unix shells for ease of use is like telling him to switch cigarette brands for his health.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Espinosa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-espinosa/in-my-experience-telling-someone-to-switch-unix-shells-for-ease-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a3/chris-espinosa-82517_brands_in-my-experience-telling-someone-to-swit_140000.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a3/chris-espinosa-82517_brands_in-my-experience-telling-someone-to-swit_140000.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a3/chris-espinosa-82517_brands_in-my-experience-telling-someone-to-swit_140000.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In my experience, telling someone to switch Unix shells for ease of use is like telling him to switch…” — Chris Espinosa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The grandiose plans of what Macintosh was gonna be was just so far out of whack with the truth of what the product was doing. 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