#software

I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine. ↗

— Steven Levy

#beautiful thing #been #behind #collaboration #distributed

There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it. ↗

— Jim Allchin

#distinction #neat #operating #operating system #runs

Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry. ↗

— Bill Gates

#consistent #helps #improve #industry #maintaining

A geek is a guy who has everything going for him but he's just too young. He's got the software but he doesn't have the hardware yet. ↗

— John Hughes

#geek #going #got #guy #hardware

When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#because #comes #enough #free #free software

We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software. ↗

— Tim O'Reilly

#data #entering #important #may #more

If Unix could present the same face, the same capabilities, on machines of many different types, it could serve as a common software environment for all of them. ↗

— Eric S. Raymond

#common #could #different #different types #environment

When you yet to do 100% of what somebody wants, you need a perfect match, and it's pretty rare that you have a perfect match between what you thought people needed and what they actually need. If you try instead to do 80 percent of what they need, there's a pretty good chance you'll hit a sweet spot. ↗

— David Heinemeier Hansson

#requirements #software-development #communication

The lesson to be learned from this is that it is often undesirable to go for the right thing first. It is better to get half of the right thing available so that it spreads like a virus. Once people are hooked on it, take the time to improve it to 90% of the right thing. ↗

— Richard P. Gabriel

#design

Truth can only be found in one place: the code. ↗

— Robert C. Martin

#software-craftmanship #software-design #software-engineering #design