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Culture is your operating system.
Terence Mckenna / Philosopher
Culture
Operating Systems
Programming
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We will never make a 32-bit operating system.
Bill Gates / Investor
Bits
Historical
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It is the fate of operating systems to become free.
Neal Stephenson / Author
Fate
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Emacs is a nice operating system, but I prefer UNIX.
Tom Christiansen / Developer
Nice
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Unix
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All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less
Linus Torvalds / Software Engineer
Linux
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Unix is not so much an operating system as an oral history.
Neal Stephenson / Author
Operating Systems
Oral History
Unix
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To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API.
Charles Petzold / Programmer
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Computer science is the operating system for all innovation.
Steve Ballmer / Businessman
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Microsoft has a monopoly over the desktop operating systems.
Stewart Alsop / Columnist
Desktop
Microsoft
Monopoly
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Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
Linus Torvalds / Software Engineer
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Evil
Microsoft
Operating Systems
Crappy
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In television you go in with this operating system that it is a crapshoot.
David Ogden Stiers / Actor
Operating Systems
Television
Crapshoot
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In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.
Linus Torvalds / Software Engineer
Funny
Humor
Making Money
Microsoft
Operating Systems
Good Money Better
In My Opinion
Ms
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UNIX is a user-friendly operating system. It just picks its friends more carefully than others.
David Wolfe / Author
Friendly
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Unix
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There's no point in comparing an actual, operating system with an ideal system that doesn't exist.
Milton Friedman / Economist
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There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it.
Jim Allchin /
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Software
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
Larry Wall / Programmer
Application
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Applications
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Proprietary
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Yandex originated from a company called Arkadia, which created two search programs under the DOS operating system in 1990.
Arkady Volozh / Entrepreneur
Operating Systems
Program
Two
Programs
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Originated
Search
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From search and books to online TV and operating systems, antitrust affects our daily digital lives in more ways than we think.
Marvin Ammori /
Antitrust
Digital
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Search
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I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not others.
Linus Torvalds / Software Engineer
Linux
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Worry
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We've gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time.
Steve Jobs / Entrepreneur
Gone
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Powerful
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I have developed a Zen-like approach to the operating systems that people use: 'When you're ready, the right operating system will appear in your life.
Guy Kawasaki / Author
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Use
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There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't in other operating systems.
Linus Torvalds / Software Engineer
Features
Innovation
Linux
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Capabilities
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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.
Jamie Zawinski / Programmer
Alternatives
Linux
Operating Systems
Relevant
Thinking
Today
Unix
Alternative
Great Thing
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Systems
Windows
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I'm worried about the future of computer operating systems, as they all seem to be sliding towards a more controlled experience, taking away much of what makes PC games so much fun.
Markus Persson /
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Pc
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Television shows are not like cars or operating systems, and they are not best made by engineers or coders in the same assembly line manner as consumer products which need to be of uniform size, shape, and quality.
John Landgraf / Executive Producer
Quality
Car
Assembly
Assembly Line
Engineers
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Products
Shows
Size
Television
Television Shows
Consumer
Line
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Shape
Systems
Uniform
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The battle between Google and Apple has shifted from devices, operating systems, and apps to a new, amorphous idea called 'contextual computing.' We have become data-spewing factories, and the only way to make sense of it all is through context.
Om Malik /
Apps
Battle
Devices
Factories
Google
Operating Systems
Apple
Context
Operating
Shifted
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My hacking involved pretty much exploring computer systems and obtaining access to the source code of telecommunication systems and computer operating systems, because my goal was to learn all I can about security vulnerabilities within these systems.
Kevin Mitnick / Consultant
Access
Code
Computer
Exploring
Hacking
Involved
Obtaining
Operating Systems
Security
Source
Within
Pretty
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I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad ran a company that wrote computer operating systems. I don't think I have any particular technical skills; I just got a really large head start.
Aaron Swartz / Computer Programmer
Computers
Birth
Computer
Head Start
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Ran
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Large
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If the Net becomes the center of the universe, which is what seems to be happening, then the dizzying array of machines that will be plugged into it will virtually guarantee that the specifics of which chip and which operating system you've got will be irrelevant.
Marc Andreessen / Entrepreneur
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Machines
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Universe
Array
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Chip
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Net
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My ultimate goal is to create operating systems for myself that allow me to think as little as possible about the silly decisions you can make all day long - like what to eat or where we should meet - so I can focus on making real decisions. Because mental energy is a finite quantity.
Alexa Von Tobel / Author
Finite
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Quantity
Silly
Ultimate
Ultimate Goal
Myself Focus Me
All Day
Mental
Mental Energy
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Talking about Apple v. Microsoft without mentioning the Internet and the browser is like talking about WWII without talking about the nuke. Framing the conversation just in terms of open v. closed operating systems, the quality of the hardware or software or who the CEO was, is silly.
Michael Arrington / Editor
Quality
Ceo
Conversation
Framing
Hardware
Microsoft
Operating Systems
Silly
Software
Talking
Wwii
Apple
Browser
Closed
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We give great value for our franchisees: They can build a store for well under $200,000. And we have extremely simple operating systems. The preparation is mostly done in front of the customer. That simplicity is really what attracts our Subway franchise. You see it, and you can do it.
Fred Deluca /
Great Value
Operating Systems
Preparation
Subway
You Can Do It
Attracts
Customer
Franchise
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Store
Systems
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Technology has moved away from sharing and toward ownership. This suits software and hardware companies just fine: They create new, bloated programs that require more disk space and processing power. We buy bigger, faster computers, which then require more complex operating systems, and so on.
Douglas Rushkoff / Writer
Computers
Space
Technology
Disk
Faster
Hardware
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Ownership
Processing
Software
Suits
Bloated
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Identical twins are ideal lab specimens for studying the difference between learned and inherited traits since they come from the womb preloaded with matching genetic operating systems. Any meaningful differences in their behaviors or personalities are thus likely to have been acquired, not innate.
Jeffrey Kluger / Writer
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Innate
Matching
Meaningful
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Personality
Traits
Twins
Womb
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Behaviors
Genetic
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Inherited
Lab
Likely
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Personalities
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Thus
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I remember endless Apple v. Windows debates in the early '90s when I was in college. Macs were better machines, everyone said; the whole Office thing was a huge pain. It was difficult to transfer files between operating systems, and generally speaking, if you wanted to do Office stuff, you needed a Windows machine.
Michael Arrington / Editor
Files
Machines
Operating Systems
Apple
Debates
Operating
Speaking
Systems
Transfer
Windows
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The United States has an unfair advantage, as most of the popular cloud services, search engines, computer and mobile operating systems or web browsers are made by U.S. companies. When the rest of the world uses the net, they are effectively using U.S.-based services, making them a legal target for U.S. intelligence.
Mikko Hypponen / Columnist
Legal
Advantage
Engines
Operating Systems
Target
Cloud
Effectively
Net
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Search
Search Engines
Services
Systems
Uses
Web
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