There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it.
Jim Allchin

There is one major problem with anti-virus software: It needs updating. Users cannot be relied upon to have even the anti-virus software in the first place, let alone be able or willing to pay for the updates.
Glenn Turner

This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended.
Wietse Venema

Twenty-five years ago, the notion was you could create a general problem-solver software that could solve problems in many different domains. That just turned out to be totally wrong.
Howard Gardner

Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.
Adam Osborne

We also had good software in the key categories and more focus on the gameplaying capability, so more of the marketing effort was targeted at game customers.
Trip Hawkins

We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who's halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers and shareholders, and get their feedback.
Jim Barksdale

We can provide beta software to our developers in advance of the general public. We can easily link up with external partners, customers, and suppliers.
Jim Barksdale

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.
Doug Coupland

We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software.
Tim O'Reilly

Well, user feedback was excellent. Even when the software didn't work at all, there were few people who were avid users, and there were people who were just sending excellent feedback and excellent ideas.
Shawn Fanning

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.
Wietse Venema

When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver.
Linus Torvalds

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
Bill Gates

While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible.
Lawrence Lessig

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?
William Gibson

With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
Adam Osborne

Writing software that's safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting.
Wietse Venema

Yet, I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it is worth investing effort in its development and in using a careful, structured approach based on safe, structured languages.
Niklaus Wirth

You get the software you pay for. In every sense. To the nth degree. That's the way the world works.
Dave Winer