All time Quote by Bill Gates

I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time.

— Bill Gates

Overall, OS/2's problems fall into two categories: IBM and Microsoft.

— Jean-Louis Gassee

UNIX has a philosophy, it has 25 years of history behind it, and most importantly, it has a clean core. It strives for something…

— Linus Torvalds

I think Unix is a great system -- especially for running data centers -- because it is very mature, very reliable, very scalable. But…

— Bill Joy

I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at…

— Jamie Zawinski

I do believe that in a race, it is naive to think Linux has a hope of making a dent against Microsoft starting from…

— Kenneth P. Thompson

I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to…

— Jamie Zawinski

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 in other…

— Linus Torvalds

Microsoft's new OS, Windows 7, may finally be a worthy successor to XP, eliminating the clutter of Vista and letting users get to what…

— Douglas Rushkoff

I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.

— Larry Wall

Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.

— Bill Joy

But in all honesty, I would suggest that people who want a modern "free" OS look around for a microkernel-based, portable OS, like maybe…

— Andrew S. Tanenbaum