#operating system

If the Net becomes the center of the universe, which is what seems to be happening, then the dizzying array of machines that will be plugged into it will virtually guarantee that the specifics of which chip and which operating system you've got will be irrelevant. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#becomes #center #chip #dizzying #got

I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them in a direction that free competition might or might not achieve. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

#choice #competition #consumers #direction #fair

I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. ↗

— Larry Wall

#best #free #i #i think #likely

In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#good #in my opinion #lot #making #making money

In television you go in with this operating system that it is a crapshoot. ↗

— David Ogden Stiers

#go #operating #operating system #system #television