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

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.

One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion.

I don't expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot.

Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance.

I was going to visit IBM for six months as a visiting scientist. Now, six months is a lot of time, so I came with a whole list of projects that I might want to work on.

Defect-free software does not exist.

Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.

Windows favors multi-threading, which means that a service is implemented by one single process.

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

Sure, but competition is good for the user.

-Have a Glass of wine & over time it will be fine.

No punching?" he asked."No.""No kicking?""No.""How about arm wrestling?""No. And before you ask, we've avoided Slug Bug, Slap Bets, and any and all Dance-Offs."Fate Succumbs

Well, another market is being created now out of Internet technology.

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.

Many many external circumstances are outside of your control, but will affect the outcome, and you have to be OK with that.

Video games are perfect to make into films because they are so visual.

I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special.

Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.

A field marshal who issued orders to the armed forces but had no idea of the results they would have in practice.

Every new social structure strives to come up with some kind of mythology of divine origin for its values and aims.