“I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux. (My first review of a Linux distro in the press was published in late 1996.)” KnowsFirstsHalfComputerLatePressesDecadesReviewsLinuxColumnistsShoppers Author:Charles Stross
“I am confident that we can do better than GUIs because the basic problem with them (and with the Linux and Unix interfaces) is that they ask a human being to do things that we know experimentally humans cannot do well. The question I asked myself is, given everything we know about how the human mind works, could we design a computer and computer software so that we can work with the least confusion and greatest efficiency?” KnowsMindHumansWellsProblemAsksGivenCan DoHuman BeingsDesignComputerConfusionHuman MindSoftwareEfficiencyLinuxInterfacesUnixComputer Software Author:Jef Raskin
“What we're really after is simply that people acquire a legal license for Windows for each computer they own before they move on to Linux or Sun Solaris or BSD or OS/2 or whatever.” PeopleMovingSunComputerWindowAcquireLicenseLinuxSolaris Author:Bill Gates
“Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer.” FrontsComputerCommunicateJust BeingGeekLinux Author:Linus Torvalds