Eric Allman Quotes

• I used to be enamored of object-oriented programming. I'm now finding myself leaning toward believing that it is a plot designed to destroy joy.

  Eric Allman

  Believe, Joy, Plot

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• Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself - and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.

  Eric Allman

  Funny, Couple, Science

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• The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.

  Eric Allman

  Technology, Law, Intellectual

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• I like to eat good food. I cook and collect wine. I like going for long walks when I can.

  Eric Allman

  Wine, Long Walks, Good Food

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• Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more.

  Eric Allman

  Two Sides, Too Much, Company

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• There is some sort of perverse pleasure in knowing that it's basically impossible to send a piece of hate mail through the Internet without its being touched by a gay program. That's kind of funny.

  Eric Allman

  Hate, Gay, Knowing

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• This is like the telephone problem - no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem.

  Eric Allman

  Technology, People, Want

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• People optimize locally - that is, they do what's best for themselves.

  Eric Allman

  People

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