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I have a mouse, but don't have a mouse driver for MINIX and have never felt the need to write one. Typing "rm x y z" is a lot faster than clicking five times and then having to convince the system that you really, truly, mean it and this is not a mistake and that you are consenting adult over 18 and that you completely understand the consequences and you still want to do it.

Andrew S. Tanenbaum's Popular Quotes

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

- Andrew S. Tanenbaum

XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files

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The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just as fast …

- Andrew S. Tanenbaum

I have a mouse, but don't have a mouse driver for MINIX and have never felt the need to write one. Typing "rm x y z" is a lot faster than clicking fi…

- Andrew S. Tanenbaum

If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50 million computers, …

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While most people can talk rationally about kernel design and portability, the issue of free-ness is 100% emotional.

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Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about.

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Sequential programming is really hard, and parallel programming is a step beyond that.

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The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.

- Andrew S. Tanenbaum