#software

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

— Tim O'Reilly

#data #entering #important #may #more

I developed some unique software to public it on the web that I call the Folklore Project. ↗

— Andy Hertzfeld

#developed #folklore #i #project #public

Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#engineering #hacker #i #i do #might

More importantly, our software worked. I don't just mean that it didn't bump, or that it performed according to the written specifications, or that it was efficient in producing reports. It really worked ↗

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

#software #business

The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn't any other test. If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs you it's wrong until either the machine or your mind is changed. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#technology #usability #art

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

We dream of it, then we try to write it - and all hell breaks loose ↗

— Scott Rosenberd

#dreams

Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their system software. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#does #even #fine #licensing #out

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

— Wietse Venema

#keeps #like #only #requirements #software

However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#adverse conditions #behaves #conditions #defects #difficult