Eric Allman Quotes

United States, Scientist
September 2, 1955

Eric Paul Allman (born September 2, 1955) is an American computer programmer who developed sendmail and its precursor delivermail in the late 1970s and early 1980s at UC Berkeley. In 1998, Allman and Greg Olson co-founded the company Sendmail, Inc.

This is like the telephone problem - no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem.

Eric Allman
- People
- Technology
The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.

Eric Allman
- Bad
- Law
- Technology

Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more.

Eric Allman
- Time
- Work
I like to eat good food. I cook and collect wine. I like going for long walks when I can.

Eric Allman
- Good
- Long
- Food