Wietse Venema

Sure, but competition is good for the user. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#good #sure #user

Adding functionality is not just a matter of adding code. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#code #functionality #just #matter

As of today, the Postfix mail transport agent has almost 50,000 lines of code, comments not included. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#almost #code #comments #included #lines

At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#had #per #poor #program #reputation

Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#attack #back #coming #computer #example

For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#i #install #keep #like #many

I don't expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#change #even #expect #foot #i

I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#avoid #choice #i #into #locking

I was going to visit IBM for six months as a visiting scientist. Now, six months is a lot of time, so I came with a whole list of projects that I might want to work on. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#going #i #i came #ibm #list

Defect-free software does not exist. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#does #exist #free software #software