Software Quotes
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Defect-free software does not exist.
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Find the simplest model that is not a lie is the key to better software design.
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At the end of the day, the GPL is not about making software free; it's about destroying value.
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The project will use state-of-the-art technology on both the hardware and software side. The sheer size and scope makes this project physically complex and technically challenging.
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The most important thing was the creation of a... a standard, where hundreds of companies build hardware that can all run the same software.
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There is this thing called the GPL Gnu Public Licence, which we disagree with... nobody can ever improve the software.
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Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their system software.
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I think managers have realized that most software people are slightly brain damaged, that they're off on their own planets.
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Another trick in software is to avoid rewriting the software by using a piece that's already been written, so called component approach which the latest term for this in the most advanced form is what's called Object Oriented Programming.
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I don't think I've ever seen a piece of commercial software where the next version is simpler rather than more complex.
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There are no secrets on an successful software project. Both good and bad news must be able to move up and down the ptoject hierarchy without restriction.
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In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organization to operate more effectively.
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I think that even knocking on the door allows you to understand a little bit of that kind of stuff. Mainly what Silicon Valley has taught me, in that respect, is the business side of it, with that gold rush element as opposed to creating software.
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Software is the magic thing whose importance only goes up over time.
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Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there.
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Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.
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When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have.
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Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.
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Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software.
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It's a curious thing about our industry: not only do we not learn from our mistakes, we also don't learn from our successes.
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I got a degree in math, from not a good school in Texas, and then I went to work as a software engineer. Just not glamorous at all.
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It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
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I was just the one who upgraded her software and made sure that nothing broke down. If anyone was equipped for the job, it was me, the professional computational linguist.
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We in Microsoft are not the only software company but we are a great software company doing some unique work.
