Distinction Quote by Jim Allchin

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

— Larry Wall

There's no point in comparing an actual, operating system with an ideal system that doesn't exist.

— Milton Friedman

None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software.

— Trip Hawkins

Operating systems are like underwear — nobody really wants to look at them.

— Bill Joy

There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

— Bill Gates

No one cares what operating system you run as long as it stays up.

— Bruce Perens

Software is different than other products um, partly because it's, it's not physical and, and partly because of its complexity. You can express in…

— Bill Gates

Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to…

— Jamie Zawinski

To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API.

— Charles Petzold

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.

— Ken Olsen

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

— Bill Gates

The definition of an 'operating system' is bound to evolve with customer demands and technological possibilities.

— Virginia Postrel