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• One of the ways that Microsoft beat Apple way back in the day was that they were a lot more open; today, in the world I come from, the free software and open-source world, Microsoft is not generally viewed as open; they're viewed as proprietary.

  Jimmy Wales

  Apples, Microsoft, World

  "Open vs. Closed: Jimmy Wales on Being Open". Interview with Mathew Ingram, gigaom.com. April 29, 2010.

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• I love software and I love technology.

  Marc Benioff

  Technology

  "RealTime CrunchUp: Salesforce's Benioff Talks Social Enterprise Strategy, Chatter And More". RealTime CrunchUp event, techcrunch.com. November 20, 2009.

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• Biology is a software process. Our bodies are made up of trillions of cells, each governed by this process. You and I are walking around with outdated software running in our bodies, which evolved in a very different era.

  Ray Kurzweil

  Running, Cells, Different

  "Google's Ray Kurzweil on the quest to live forever". Interview with Kate Lunau, www.macleans.ca. October 14, 2013.

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• I took a job in the U.S. because I wanted to work on products that would get into end users' hands. In Norway, most of the jobs are in server software, niche stuff.

  Jon Lech Johansen

  Jobs, Hands, Stuff

  "DVD Jon lands dream job stateside" by Annalee Newitz, www.wired.com. October 18, 2005.

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• Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I can write software.

  Yukihiro Matsumoto

  Writing, Men, Drawing

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• I discovered shooting and filmmaking around the time all of the software became affordable to anyone with a PC.

  Seth Gordon

  Movie, Actors, Shooting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• After graduation, I took a job with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in software development. I don't think I was there more than a month.

  John Katzman

  Jobs, Thinking, Development

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• There is only one real computer - the universe - whose hardware is made up of non-spatial states of consciousness and software is made up of superhuman as well as non-superhuman thoughts.

  Kedar Joshi

  Real, Computer, Consciousness

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• We flew down weekly to meet with IBM, but they thought the way to measure software was the amount of code we wrote, when really the better the software, the fewer lines of code.

  Bill Gates

  Learning, Lines, Way

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• There are no barriers to entries. Think of this as Linux in terms of software. Anyone can have part of the operating system so long as you pledge allegiance to the ideas. Previously, if you wanted to join al Qaeda, you had to travel to an al Qaeda safe haven, probably in northern Pakistan or Afghanistan. Now all you have to do is get a gun, choose a target, and carry out an attack.

  Paul Gigot

  Safe Haven, Gun, Thinking

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• This is a software-powered world.

  Satya Nadella

  World

  "Satya Nadella, New CEO of Microsoft Corp.: 8 Things You Need to Know" by Susanna Kim, abcnews.go.com. February 4, 2014.

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• The hugely popular Windows 95 operating system revolutionized the software world thanks to its capability of accomplishing the seemingly impossible task of making Bill Gates even richer than he already was.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humor, Tasks

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry in Cyberspace”, p.4, Ballantine Books

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• Digital piracy needs to be addressed. Without content protection, investment in content can't be supported. We need secure distribution. If you (telecommunications equipment and software makers) help us, we will make it easier for you to distribute our content.

  Bob Iger

  Contentment, Digital, Needs

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• Apple already had everyone's billing information from iTunes... you could buy things just by typing in your password... That, for the first time, brought very, very easy payment to the modern software world. That, more than anything, is why there is a business for paid apps.

  Marco Arment

  Apples, World, Information

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• The QSM Software Almanac is an invaluable resource. It establishes a norm for software projects, including best of class, worst of class and averages. In addition, it profiles the state of the art of software construction and enhancement. I wish I'd had this wonderful reference book years ago.

  Tom DeMarco

  Art, Book, Average

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• Perhaps the worst software technology of all time was the use of physical lines of code [for metrics]. Continued use of this approach, in the author's opinion, should be considered professional malpractice.

  Capers Jones

  Technology, Use, Lines

  Capers Jones (1997). “Applied Software Measurement: Assuring Productivity and Quality”, McGraw-Hill Companies

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• Modern records are all made with virtually identical gear, software plug-ins and everything. Everybody wants everything to sound like the last thing that was popular because they're chasing their tails.

  Dweezil Zappa

  Sound, Tails, Gears

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• For me, it always comes back to the blogger, the author, the designer, the developer. You build software for that core individual person, and then smart organisations adopt it and dumb organisations die.

  Matt Mullenweg

  Smart, Dumb, Designer

  "Matt Mullenweg on how open source is democratising the web". Interview with Mich Atagana, memeburn.com. May 24, 2013.

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• Free software is part of a broader phenomenon, which is a shift toward recognizing the value of shared work. Historically, shared stuff had a very bad name. The reputation was that people always abused shared things, and in the physical world, something that is shared and abused becomes worthless. In the digital world, I think we have the inverse effect, where something that is shared can become more valuable than something that is closely held, as long as it is both shared and contributed to by everybody who is sharing in it.

  Mark Shuttleworth

  Thinking, Names, Long

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• Find the simplest model that is not a lie is the key to better software design.

  David Parnas

  Lying, Keys, Design

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• When someone builds a bridge, he uses engineers who have been certified as knowing what they are doing. Yet when someone builds you a software program, he has no similar certification, even though your safety may be just as dependent upon that software working as it is upon the bridge supporting your weight.

  David Parnas

  Bridges, Knowing, Safety

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• Twenty-five years ago, the notion was you could create a general problem-solver software that could solve problems in many different domains. That just turned out to be totally wrong.

  Howard Gardner

  Years, Twenties, Different

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• 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.

  James L. Barksdale

  Past, Thinking, People

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• 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.

  James L. Barksdale

  World, Information, Feedback

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• The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content.

  Marc Andreessen

  Past, Car, Long

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