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Quotes about Software

8 quotes about software, from Alan Kay, Marc Andreessen, Alan Perlis and others.

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The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
You can't have great software without a great team, and most software teams behave like dysfunctional families.
Jim McCarthy
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.
Edward V Berard
Software is like gardening - one day I'll go behind the shed and clean up. But if nobody ever goes there, does it matter a lot?
Mike Krieger

Most quoted on software

  • Alan Kay2
  • Marc Andreessen1
  • Alan Perlis1
  • Mike Krieger1
  • Edward V Berard1
  • Jim McCarthy1
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan Kay
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan Perlis
The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry.
Alan Kay
Your company may not be in the software business, but eventually a software company will be in your business.
Marc Andreessen

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