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I view Linux as something tha...

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I have to keep up with the sci...

I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that weren't really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

That brings me to Dennis Ritch...

That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

You can't trust code that you ...

You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I also have an idea for a book...

I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I still have a full-time day j...

I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why I won't have another book finished by next week.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I wanted to have virtual memor...

I wanted to have virtual memory, at least as it's coupled with file systems.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

In college, before video games...

In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I wanted to separate data from...

I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I think the major good idea in...

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

We have persistent objects, th...

We have persistent objects, they're called files.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I view Linux as something that...

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft-a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

FORTRAN was the language of ch...

FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

When in doubt, use brute force...

When in doubt, use brute force.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

The average gardener probably ...

The average gardener probably knows little about what is going on in his or her garden.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

One is that the perfect garden...

One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which it can't.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I must say the Linux community...

I must say the Linux community is a lot nicer than the Unix community. A negative comment on Unix would warrent death threats. With Linux, it is like stirring up a nest of butterflies.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I do believe that in a race, i...

I do believe that in a race, it is naive to think Linux has a hope of making a dent against Microsoft starting from way behind with a fraction of the resources and amateur labor. (I feel the same about Unix.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

I think the open software move...

I think the open software movement (and Linux in particular) is laudable.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

You can't trust code that you ...

You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. (Especially code from companies that employ people like me.) No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.

Ken Thompson 41 quotes

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