Server Quotes

• First, our focus on security is on the infrastructure itself. So it is all about how you protect the network, the device, and the application that is riding on the server.

  John W. Thompson

  Focus, Riding, Firsts

  "Interview: Symantec's John Thompson talks about big picture security". Interview with Ed Scannell, www.infoworld.com. June 16, 2004.

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• In the old days, people robbed stagecoaches and knocked off armored trucks. Now they're knocking off servers.

  Richard Power

  Technology, People, Computer

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• The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  High Heels, Names, Important

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• If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?

  Aaron Allston

  Domain, Hacks, Ifs

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• One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion.

  Wietse Venema

  Machines, Bugs, Intrusion

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• The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants.

  Michael Dell

  Success, Business, Educational

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• If eating out, order your meal and ask the server to wrap up half of the portion to take home with your for the next day, keeping your portion size in check, and stretching your dollar into two meals.

  Cat Cora

  Home, Order, Two

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• There are a lot of people whove been able to ditch their Windows machines and switch over to Linux because they can now use their Exchange server for calendaring and collaboration from their Linux desktop.

  Nat Friedman

  People, Collaboration, Machines

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• I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Documentation, Clients, Specs

  "Interview with the Web’s Creator". Interview With Chris Oakes, www.wired.com. October 23, 1999.

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• The right server for the right job.

  Bob Muglia

  Jobs

  "Microsoft's Vision to Help IT Customers Reduce Complexity and Deliver Greater Business Value". PressPass Interview, news.microsoft.com. June 7, 2005.

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• I did not have textual relations with that server.

  Hillary Clinton

  Relation

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• Cloud computing is a great euphemism for centralization of computer services under one server.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Clouds, Computer, Centralization

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• There wasn't enough gratitude in the world for a server who kept drinks coming at a time like this.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Gratitude, World, Drink

  Jennifer Crusie (2010). “Tell Me Lies”, p.355, Macmillan

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• The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.

  Ken Thompson

  Program, Programming

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• Enterprise is hard work. You have to integrate the client with the optimized systems of all the servers and software.

  Samuel J. Palmisano

  Hard Work, Clients, Integrating

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• Removed from 'Gmail' doesn't necessarily mean removed from all Google servers. In fact, your old emails are the data set from which Google models our behaviors - the real product it is offering its advertisers.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Real, Mean, Offering

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• I don't need a hard disk in my computer if I can get to the server faster... carrying around these non-connected computers is byzantine by comparison.

  Steve Jobs

  Needs, Byzantine, Computer

  Steve Jobs Apple WWDC Keynote, www.onstartups.com. 1997.

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• You have to remember the way the internet works, when you communicate with the server, it's very likely not in your country. It's somewhere else in the world.

  Edward Snowden

  Country, Somewhere Else, World

  Source: www.nesta.org.uk

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• So learn about life. Cut yourself a big slice with the silver server, a big slice of pie. Open your eyes. Let life happen.

  Sylvia Plath

  Eye, Cutting, Pie

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.438, Anchor

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• A zero-day exploit is a method of hacking a system. It's sort of a vulnerability that has an exploit written for it, sort of a key and a lock that go together to a given software package. It could be an internet web server. It could be Microsoft Office. It could be Adobe Reader or it could be Facebook.

  Edward Snowden

  Zero, Keys, Office

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• One, if one is sensible, blames government, not the servers of government, not those entangled in their governments.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Government, Blame, Sensible

  Taylor Caldwell (2017). “Great Lion of God: A Novel About Saint Paul”, p.120, Open Road Media

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• When a king begins to act like a king, it is not long before someone else is king!  Serving is a way we can place value on one another.  A wise man is a server.

  Andy Andrews

  Motivational, Wise, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Andy Andrews from Jul 02, 2012

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• Using clouds is a radical way of consuming IT. There are emotional barriers to giving up some level of control over the servers that you are running [for the companies].

  Werner Vogels

  Running, Giving Up, Emotional

  Source: feeds.foxnews.com

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• When I was dating and the wine list was presented to my male companion, I tried to ignore this unfortunate faux pas. But this practice still goes on...Closing note to all servers and sommeliers: please include women in wine selection. Okay?

  Alpana Singh

  Wine, Practice, Dating

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• As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise - security, quality and worms.

  Ben Horowitz

  Moving, Quality, Kind

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