Kenneth P. Thompson quotes
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“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.”
-- Kenneth P. Thompson -
“I think the open software movement (and Linux in particular) is laudable.”
-- Kenneth P. Thompson -
“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.”
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“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.”
-- Kenneth P. Thompson -
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Source : "Boundaries And Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.
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“I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.”
Source : Alastair Reynolds (2002). “Revelation Space”, p.30, Penguin
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“Liberal learning is both a safeguard against false ideas of freedom and a source of true ones.”
Source : Alfred Whitney Griswold (1957). “In the university tradition”
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“Streams may spring from one source and yet some may be clear and some be foul.”
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