Quote by Frederick P. Brooks Jr

“a total rethinking of IT capability and functionality. And this can be very expensive and take years”

— Dwight McNeill

The functional uses of machines and innovative computer programs is not to isolate us but, rather, to promote coexistence. If used properly, it brings…

— Saroo Brierley

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.

— David Heinemeier Hansson

“Build what you need as you need it, aggressively refactoring as you go along; don't spend a lot of time planning for grandiose, unknown…

— Jeff Atwood

If you want to do something that's going to change the world, build software that people want to use instead of software that managers…

— Jamie Zawinski

One can expect the human race to continue attempting systems just within or just beyond our reach; and software systems are perhaps the most…

— Fred Brooks

Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology. There is little…

— Alan Cooper

We're going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms.

— Aaron Levie

... the designer of a new system must not only be the implementor and the first large-scale user; the designer should also write the…

— Donald Knuth

A little retrospection shows that although many fine, useful software systems have been designed by committees and built as part of multipart projects, those…

— Fred Brooks

Software was the key element that would determine how useable and how broadly applicable the machine was.

— Bill Gates

People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.

— Linus Torvalds