Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2017 of 2171 |
Universities are places of knowledge. The freshman each bring a little
in with them, and the seniors take none away, so knowledge accumulates.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2018 of 2171 |
UNIVERSITY:
Like a software house, except the software's free, and it's
usable, and it works, and if it breaks they'll quickly tell
you how to fix it, and...
[Okay, okay, I'll leave it in, but I think you're destroying
the credibility of the entire fortune program. Ed.]
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2019 of 2171 |
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
-- Henry Kissinger
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2020 of 2171 |
UNIX enhancements aren't.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2021 of 2171 |
Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- and then a couple
of more feet, just to be sure.
-- Eric Allman
... We make rope.
-- Rob Gingell on Sun Microsystem's new virtual memory.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2022 of 2171 |
Unix is a lot more complicated (than CP/M) of course -- the typical Unix
hacker can never remember what the PRINT command is called this week --
but when it gets right down to it, Unix is a glorified video game.
People don't do serious work on Unix systems; they send jokes around the
world on USENET or write adventure games and research papers.
-- E. Post
"Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal", Datamation, 7/83
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2023 of 2171 |
Unix is a Registered Bell of AT&T Trademark Laboratories.
-- Donn Seeley
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2024 of 2171 |
UNIX is hot. It's more than hot. It's steaming. It's quicksilver
lightning with a laserbeam kicker.
-- Michael Jay Tucker
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2025 of 2171 |
UNIX is many things to many people,
but it's never been everything to anybody.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 2026 of 2171 |
Unix is the worst operating system; except for all others.
-- Berry Kercheval
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