Devices Quote by Linus Torvalds

The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just as fast…

— Andrew S. Tanenbaum

There's so much rich interaction with drivers that we take for granted. It seems like a mundane thing, but it turns out to be…

— Karl Iagnemma

Microkernels are not a pipe dream. They represent proven technology.

— Andrew S. Tanenbaum

If you want an application to be portable, you don't necessarily create an abstraction layer like a microkernel so much as you program intelligently.

— Linus Torvalds

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

The one obvious thing is that the devices are so good now that you can also see their limitations extremely well.

— Tod Machover

I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.

— Lewis Hamilton

I'm a big non-believer in manual driver and kernel configuration, be it visual or not.

— Linus Torvalds

I think we're just going to have to live with the microcosm in the electronic world of the kind of things that we might…

— Robert E. Kahn

Any time you stand in line at the D.M.V. and look around, you're like, Oh, my God, I wish all these people were replaced…

— Marc Andreessen

I thought using one device would be simpler.

— Hillary Clinton

Apple is happy to allow users more control over their devices as long as it also happens to benefit Apple. If it doesn't, then…

— Kevin Drum