(1398 quotes found)
“If there is a failure, there has to be either hardware or software that takes over.”
Atul Bhatnagar
“Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet.”
Tim Berners-Lee
“Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.”
Bill Gates
“If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows, ... This is not innovation. This is the end of innovation.”
Larry Ellison
“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
“There’s no better way to debug a web application, than to use it regularly yourself.”
Maya Elhalal
“Software patents are a huge potential threat to the ability of people to work together on open source. Making it easier for companies and communities that have patents to make those patents available in a common pool for people to use is one way to try to help developers deal with the threat.”
Linus Torvalds
“Most of the software ideas of the late '90s which people tried and failed on--customer relationship management, marketing analytics, supply chain management, B2B procurement--those ideas all made sense and had good business justifications. But the tech wasn't quite there. Many customers who bought early feel bitter. But at some point those things will hit the mainstream and work.”
Marc Andreessen
“Other manufacturers have developed software that hints at the power available in Apple's Core Image architecture, but we have gone deep to tap the full potential of this technology, expand the degree of customization it offers, and enable its application in a professional editing environment.”
Tim Wilson
“We are pleased our partnership with Novell now extends to the support of Novell's powerful and popular GroupWise software. This is a great example of how our two companies are jointly advancing the capabilities of Linux across the enterprise.”
Ian Miller
