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. As the successor to DOS, which…

— Bill Gates

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

— Jean-Louis Gassee

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

Little did I know that I would be fortunate enough to develop several operating systems in my lifetime; developing one is a rare opportunity…

— Dave Cutler

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 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

Don't forget that Linux became only possible because 20 years of OS research was carefully studied, analyzed, discussed and thrown away.

— Ingo Molnar

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

It is the fate of operating systems to become free.

— Neal Stephenson

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

— Larry Wall

I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not others.

— Linus Torvalds