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In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.
by Linus Torvalds (Businessman, Finnish , born in 1969) keywords: better, good, lot, making, money, ms, operating, opinion, systems , than Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.
by Desmond Tutu (Leader, South African , born in 1931) keywords: abundant, africa, cheap, doing, favor, get, here, invest, know, labor, most, our, out, should, south, systems, think, those, us , vicious Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls.
by Wietse Venema (Scientist, Dutch , born in 1951) keywords: appeared, attack, back, coming, computer, example, net, safety, security, someone, such, systems, through, topic, under, walk, walls, were, wrapper , wrote In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems.
by Wietse Venema (Scientist, Dutch , born in 1951) keywords: around, controlled, deal, equipment, experiments, failures, had, inside, kinds, learned, life, multiple, nets, physics, possible, previous, probably, rely, safety, software, systems, where , wrote I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems.
by Ann Veneman (Public Servant, American , born in 1949) keywords: also, believe, confidence, consumer, food, maintain, our, right, should, strong, systems , thing I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops.
by Gijs de Vries (Politician, Dutch , born in 1956) keywords: across, adapt, change, come, develops, inevitable, never, systems, technology , your I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
by Larry Wall (Author, Canadian , born in 1949) keywords: applications, best, free, likely, more, open, operating, particular, proprietary, systems, think , work Those are serious questions of war and peace, of freedom or tyranny, whether or not there is ever going to be a hope of us instilling some democratic systems in a part of the world that frankly is breeding hate and destruction directed right at us.
by Zach Wamp (Politician, American , born in 1957) keywords: breeding, democratic, destruction, directed, ever, frankly, freedom, going, hate, hope, instilling, part, peace, questions, right, serious, some, systems, those, tyranny, us, war, whether , world We cannot ignore the disparity in resources that continue to plague many of our school systems, especially those serving predominantly inner-city minority and impoverished children.
by Diane Watson (Politician, American , born in 1933) keywords: cannot, children, continue, disparity, especially, ignore, impoverished, inner-city, many, minority, our, plague, predominantly, resources, school, serving, systems , those The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts.
by William Weld (Politician, American , born in 1945) keywords: affluent, afford, districts, grown, had, lot, more, most, poorer, population, public, school, spend, states, system, systems, than, their, up , wealthy I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.
by Margaret J. Wheatley (Writer , American) keywords: becoming, believe, better, depends, our, survival, systems, thinkers, upon, us , very Ever since then, all descendant vertebrates have had the forward end of the digestive system and the forward end of the respiratory system very much involved with each other. This manifests itself in the human body with a crossing of the two systems in the throat.
by George C. Williams (Scientist, American , born in 1926) keywords: body, crossing, descendant, digestive, each, end, ever, forward, had, human, involved, itself, manifests, much, other, respiratory, since, system, systems, then, throat, two , very My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation.
by Niklaus Wirth (Scientist, Swiss , born in 1934) keywords: being, concentrate, could, decisive, details, essential, had, influence, issues, language, making, notation, possible, programming, rather, simple, systems, teacher, teaching , than I think one has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems, ending states who sponsor terrorism. And that's why it has to be a broad and sustained campaign.
by Paul Wolfowitz (Celebrity, American , born in 1943) keywords: accountable, broad, campaign, capturing, ending, holding, just, matter, removing, sanctuaries, say, simply, sponsor, states, support, sustained, systems, terrorism, them, think , why Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them.
by Georg Henrik von Wright (Philosopher, Finnish , born in 1916) keywords: above, companies, gigantic, industrial, longer, operate, political, rather, systems, them, transnational , within Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame.
by Muhammad Yunus (Economist , born in 1940) keywords: around, bank, billion, financial, globe, half, loan, look, more, out, population, qualify, shame, six, systems, take, than, three, today , world Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.
by Steve Yzerman (Athlete, Canadian , born in 1965) keywords: big, brings, game, guy, him, his, road, systems , video I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot.
by Jamie Zawinski (Scientist, American , born in 1968) keywords: alternative, bad, because, best, great, linux, lot, operating, relevant, systems, thing, think, today, unix , windows
