Quotes by Operating Systems Yandex originated from a company called Arkadia, which created two search programs under the DOS operating system in 1990. Arkady Volozh operating-systems program two We will never make a 32-bit operating system. Bill Gates operating-systems bits historical To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API. Charles Petzold operating-systems programmers defined In television you go in with this operating system that it is a crapshoot. David Ogden Stiers operating-systems television UNIX is a user-friendly operating system. David Wolfe unix operating-systems friendly I have developed a Zen-like approach to the operating systems that people use: 'When you're ready, the right operating system will appear in your life. Guy Kawasaki operating-systems use people There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it. Jim Allchin operating-systems distinction running I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. Larry Wall operating-systems application thinking All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less Linus Torvalds operating-systems linux I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not others. Linus Torvalds operating-systems linux worry If the Net becomes the center of the universe, which is what seems to be happening, then the dizzying array of machines that will be plugged into it will virtually guarantee that the specifics of which chip and which operating system you've got will be irrelevant. Marc Andreessen operating-systems guarantees-that machines There's no point in comparing an actual, operating system with an ideal system that doesn't exist. Milton Friedman operating-systems compare ideals It is the fate of operating systems to become free. Neal Stephenson operating-systems fate Unix is not so much an operating system as an oral history. Neal Stephenson oral-history unix operating-systems Computer science is the operating system for all innovation. Steve Ballmer operating-systems computer innovation We've gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time. Steve Jobs operating-systems powerful gone Culture is your operating system. Terence McKenna operating-systems programming culture Emacs is a nice operating system, but I prefer UNIX. Tom Christiansen unix operating-systems nice