#software

Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer. ↗

— Roberta Williams

#been #computer #computers #convince #developing

From day one our next generation system will run all our exsisting software - so that gives us a head start. ↗

— Trip Hawkins

#generation #gives #head #head start #next

I think we're proving ourselves as we go along. The past several months our strategy has been evolutionary - making maximum advantage of our client browser, as well as our enterprise software for people who want to build Web sites. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

#along #been #browser #build #client

We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who's halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers and shareholders, and get their feedback. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

#collaborate #customers #distribute #employee #feedback

In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#controlled #deal #equipment #experiments #failures

Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#keeps #like #only #requirements #software

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#bird #early #early bird #makes #often

Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9. ↗

— Dennis Ritchie

#done #editing #mail #plan #software

The lesson to be learned from this is that it is often undesirable to go for the right thing first. It is better to get half of the right thing available so that it spreads like a virus. Once people are hooked on it, take the time to improve it to 90% of the right thing. ↗

— Richard P. Gabriel

#design

Truth can only be found in one place: the code. ↗

— Robert C. Martin

#software-craftmanship #software-design #software-engineering #design