Quotes about operating systems

Here are some neat quotes about operating systems. I particularly like the following:

"Linux doesn't exist. Everyone knows Linux is an unlicensed version of Unix." (Kieran O'Shaughnessy)

"Operating systems are like underwear — nobody really wants to look at them." (Bill Joy)
- Ha ha, that's funny

"Develop for it? I’ll piss on it. [the NeXT Computer]" (Bill Gates)
-This one, I didn't hear about, and this coming from Bill Gates?

"Linux is just a file system and a file manager." (Steve Ballmer)
- Well Steve, that's kind of wrong, because your Apple OSX is based on BSD version of Linux.

When you say: "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at you blankly and say: "Hey, I got those with the system -- for free." (Linus Torvalds)

"Every operating system out there is about equal. We all suck." (Brian Valentine of Microsoft)
- Wow, this coming from Microsoft, interesting. So that means Microsoft Windows sucks! But didn't we know that already?

"It's not the technology, folks, it's the people. When we trace [the errors] back, it's always human error." (Bob Herbold of Microsoft)
- Isn't that what technical support always says to the end-user?

"Java is the most distressing thing to happen to computing since MS-DOS." (Alan Kay)
- Hmm, I found that one a little strange, I think Java is a good thing, and I use it for programming most of the time

"I think it would be pretty bizarre if OS/2 finds any popularity." (Bill Gates)
- I remember Microsoft supported OS/2, because they helped build it along with IBM
- but then when Microsoft came out with Windows, they totally abandoned OS/2 and OS/2 finally dug its own grave, even though it was a more superior OS. I remember having it installed on my computer, and it rarely crashed. But there was lack of support for programs, although you could run Windows applications on OS/2 through the Windows emulator

"Saying that XP is the most stable MS OS is like saying that asparagus is the most articulate vegetable." (Dave Barry)

"Of course, Linus didn't sit down in a vacuum and suddenly type in the Linux source code.... He had my book.... But the code was his. The proof of this is that he messed the design up." (Andrew Tanenbaum)
- Ooh, that's pretty harsh

"I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter." (Nicholas Petreley)
- here's a person who really hates Microsoft!


What are your favorite quotes?