8 private quotes tagged software

“If there is anything I've learned from Linux, it's that projects have a life of their own, and you should not try to enforce your vision too strongly on them.”— Linus Torvalds

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”— Joel Spolsky

“Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there.”— Alan Cox

“Support people, not corporations.”— David Watanabe

“Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defence against complexity.”— David Gelernter

“What I took away from reading the Snowden documents was that if the NSA wants in to your computer, it's in. Period.”— Bruce Schneier

Source:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-r...

“Maybe the best programmers aren't those who spectacularly solve crazy problems, but those who don't create them, which is much more silent.”— Lena Herrmann

Source:https://twitter.com/kilaulena/status/111476233220530176

“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.”— Phil Karlton