#software

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

— Wietse Venema

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

— Wietse Venema

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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

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Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

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Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

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