Linux Quote by Kenneth P. Thompson Download Open image “I think the open software movement (and Linux in particular) is laudable.” — Kenneth P. Thompson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Linux Movement Particular Programming Software Thinking
I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning… — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
I never imagined that the Free Software Movement would spawn a watered-down alternative, the Open Source Movement, which would become so well-known that people… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
It's true that compared with the scene when Unix started, today the ecological niches are fairly full, and fresh new OS ideas are harder… — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
“In a future that includes competition from open source, we can expect that the eventual destiny of any software technology will be to either… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Linux is its own worst enemy: it's splintered, it has different distributions, it's too complex to run for most people. — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
On a purely technical side, I'm really very happy with how Linux gets used in a very wide set of different areas. It's important… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Open source production has shown us that world-class software, like Linux and Mozilla, can be created with neither the bureaucratic structure of the firm… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer, I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property business. — Jim Allchin Copy Share Image
It feels a little bit funny coming here and telling you guys that Linux and open source are the future of gaming. It's sort… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. (Especially code from companies that employ people like me.) No amount of source-level… — Kenneth P. Thompson Copy Share Image
I must say the Linux community is a lot nicer than the Unix community. A negative comment on Unix would warrent death threats. With… — Kenneth P. Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“A lot of the machines that Google is built on—commodity is the polite word for them—they're regular PCs and so they're not always the… — Jessica Livingston Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people whove been able to ditch their Windows machines and switch over to Linux because they can now use… — Nat Friedman Copy Share Image
The situation is so much better for programmers today - a cheap used PC, a linux CD, and an internet account, and you have… — John Carmack Copy Share Image
A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me It later came out… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning… — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
Big Linux deployments have reached the point where it's become a real problem for administrators that they don't have nice tools to manage their… — Nat Friedman Copy Share Image
Linux is its own worst enemy: it's splintered, it has different distributions, it's too complex to run for most people. — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
In some cases we've been building tools that are specific to Linux for the desktop, and they only work on Linux, but I see… — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Obviously Linux owes its heritage to UNIX, but not its code. We would not, nor will not, make such a claim. — Darl McBride Copy Share Image
