#software

It should be noted that no ethically -trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter. ↗

— Nathaniel S. Borenstein

#programming #software #humor

As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications. ↗

— Dave Parnas

#applications #been #failed #real #repeatedly

From day one our next generation system will run all our exsisting software - so that gives us a head start. ↗

— Trip Hawkins

#generation #gives #head #head start #next

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. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

#along #been #browser #build #client

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. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

#collaborate #customers #distribute #employee #feedback

Software constraints are only confining if you use them for what they're intended to be used for. ↗

— David Byrne

#constraints #intended #only #software #them

Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#business #code #effort #exists #goes

Defect-free software does not exist. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#does #exist #free software #software

In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#controlled #deal #equipment #experiments #failures

Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#keeps #like #only #requirements #software