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Andrew S. Tanenbaum
22 quotes
“I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Computer Networks, 3rd ed., p. 83. (paraphrasing Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, University of Toronto Computing Services (UTCS) circa 1985)
“Fight Features. … The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many security texts decompose the security of an information system in three components: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Together, they are often referred to as "CIA". [They] constitute the core security properties that we must protect against attackers and eavesdroppers—such as the (other) CIA.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process.”
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“The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from.”
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“He" should be read as "he or she" throughout the book.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“UNIX does not allow path names to be prefixed by a drive name or number; that would be precisely the kind of device dependence that operating systems ought to eliminate.”
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“System designers who do not allow users to type far ahead ought to be tarred and feathered, or worse yet, be forced to use their own system.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Linux is a leprosy; …" This statement is not grammatically, politically, or factually correct.”
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“A lot of other people wanted a free production UNIX with lots of bells and whistles and wanted to convert MINIX into that. I was dragged along in the maelstrom for a while, but when Linux came along, I was actually relieved that I could go back to professoring.”
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“I really am not angry with Linus. Honest. He's not angry with me either.”
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“LINUX is obsolete.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message, 29 Jan 1992 .
“The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just as fast as monolithic systems.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message, 29 Jan 1992.
“But in all honesty, I would suggest that people who want a modern "free" OS look around for a microkernel-based, portable OS, like maybe GNU or something like that.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message, 29 Jan 1992.
“Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design :-) […] Writing a new OS only for the 386 in 1991 gets you your second "F" for this term.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message to Linus Torvalds, 30 Jan 1992 .
“A multithreaded file system is only a performance hack.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message to Linus Torvalds, 30 Jan 1992.
“Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message, 3 Feb 1992.
“While most people can talk rationally about kernel design and portability, the issue of free-ness is 100% emotional.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message, 3 Feb 1992.
“Will we soon see President Bush coming to Europe with Richard Stallman and Rick Rashid in tow, demanding that Europe import more American free software?”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message, 3 Feb 1992.
“If you just want to use the system, instead of hacking on its internals, you don't need source code.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message, 5 Feb 1992.
“Microkernels are not a pipe dream. They represent proven technology.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a Usenet message, 5 Feb 1992.