Programming Quote by Rob Pike

From an operating system research point of view, Unix is if not dead certainly old stuff, and it's clear that people should be looking…

— Dennis Ritchie

You're right. Everyone in this room with a pulse is starting to smell really good. Okay. Back in the box, better safe than sorry.

— Jeaniene Frost

Its starting to smell like straight fish and chips. -Blue

— The Players Club

“I have the body of an 18-year-old, but it's in the trunk of my car and it's starting to smell. ”

— Kimberly Cheryl

Using Unix is the computing equivalent of listening only to music by David Cassidy.

— Rob Pike

“The history of Unix should have prepared us for what we’re learning from Linux (and what I’ve verified experimentally on a smaller scale by…

— Eric S. Raymond

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson. Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much of the…

— Dennis Ritchie

The mass culture of childhood right now is astonishingly technical. Little kids know their Unix path punctuation so they can get around the Web,…

— Jaron Lanier

Obviously Linux owes its heritage to UNIX, but not its code. We would not, nor will not, make such a claim.

— Darl McBride

“There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don’t believe this to be a coincidence.”

— Jeremy S. Anderson

In my experience, telling someone to switch Unix shells for ease of use is like telling him to switch cigarette brands for his health.

— Chris Espinosa

Unix is a junk OS designed by a committee of PhDs.

— Dave Cutler