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Unless one has a theory

Of course, unless one has a theory, one cannot expect much help from a computer (unless it has a theory)....

— Marvin Minsky

Known generally for imitation

Microsoft is known generally for imitation rather than innovation. When Microsoft does something new, its purpose is strategic -- not to improve computing for the users, but to close off future alternatives for them.

— RMS

in response to criticism of the GPL by Jim Allchin, Group VP of Operating-Systems Develoment at Microsoft

Indistinguishable from magic

Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic.

— Arthur C. Clarke

Most articulate vegetable ever

Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according everybody is the "most reliable Windows ever." To me, this is like saying that asparagus is "the most articulate vegetable ever."

— Dave Barry

All others must submit an X.509 certificate

In God we trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate.

— Charles Forsythe

Everybody is a potential partner

In our view, everybody is a potential partner -- until they shoot at us.

— Steve Case

AOL CEO, Information Week 11 March 1996 p10

To the optimist

  • To the optimist, the glass is half full.
  • To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
  • To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
  • To the plumber, any liquid in the glass is potential income.
— John Pettitt

and Ed O'Connell

So far, the Universe is winning

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

— Rich Cook

Truth decays into beauty

Truth decays into beauty, while beauty soon becomes merely charm. Charm ends up as strangeness, and even that doesn't last, but up and down are forever.

— The Laws of Physics

Computer software

Computer software must not only work, it must also appear to work.

— Carl Hewitt
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