The most important thing is to keep your team as small as possible.

Why the hell hasn't wxPython become the standard GUI for Python yet?

The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open.

Wow, I'm being shot at from both sides. That means I *must* be right.

All of our code is open source, so it can be used for other projects.

When the world becomes standard, I will start caring about standards.

I'd make people say 'use Fork;' if I thought I could get away with it.

Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.

Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology.

Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time

I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.

The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5.

I've never thought of PHP as more than a simple tool to solve problems.

This is your silly web browser doing that. The file is correctly named.

If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.

That stupid people are more violent is a fact independent of skin color.

The ARPAnet was the first transcontinental, high-speed computer network.

It really feels like VR has the possibility to be something really huge.

"Lurking" is one metaphor that the Omniscience has allowed us to borrow.

Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U.S.

Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.

Almost any mistake you can make in running a company, I've probably made

In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent.

Did you know you can't steer a boat that isn't moving? Just like a life.

If you're not working on your best idea right now, you're doing it wrong.

There is a lot of money to be made in the business of secrets, of course.

The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise.

If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.

We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing.

There's some entertainment value in watching people juggle nitroglycerin.

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

Figuring out what the next big trend is tells us what we should focus on.

It's strategic for us - lots of people will develop applications in .NET.

When I hear the words "social responsibility," I want to reach for my gun.

I mean we're really not going to change anything we've done with Xbox One.

Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.

Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there

We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.

I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble.

I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.

Nothing influences people more than are commendation from a trusted friend.

In addition to that, Mono has produced a very large set of extra libraries.

Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there.

Opportunity is all around us, but we have beliefs and habits that block it.

Every good work of software starts by scratching a developers personal itch.

A security system is only as secure as its secret. Beware of pseudo-secrets.

Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better.

Rocket engines generally are simpler than jet engines, not more complicated.

To a database person, every nail looks like a thumb. Or something like that.

It would be possible to optimize some forms of goto, but I haven't bothered.

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