Compare Quote by Milton Friedman

There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it.

— Jim Allchin

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

— Bill Joy

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

— Virginia Postrel

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

— Trip Hawkins

All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less

— Linus Torvalds

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

— Larry Wall

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

— Bruce Perens

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

— Bill Gates

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

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

— 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

Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

— Dennis Ritchie