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You can't take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of 'open source,' and have everything magically work out. [3]

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  1. Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use regular expressions.' Now they have two problems. [1][2]
  2. Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes. [4]
  3. I'd just like to take this moment to point out that C has all the expressive power of two dixie cups and a string. ([5] commands.c:501)
  4. Linux is only free if your time has no value. [6] - in an interview in June 1998; he later claimed that 'Bits and pieces of this article ha…
  5. Today, I use Linux as my primary OS (on an x86 PC, and on a Thinkpad), and I also use Irix (on an SGI O2.) Linux has improved a great deal …
  6. Your 'use case' should be, there's a 22 year old college student living in the dorms. How will this software get him laid?[8]
  7. My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. [9]
  8. If you're using Windows, go fuck yourself. [10]

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