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"Defect-free software does not exist."
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"The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today."
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"Defect-free software does not exist."
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"I just became one with my browser software."
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"Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent."
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"In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm."
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"Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements."
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"So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock."
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"There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it."
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"Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?"
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"However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions."
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"Defect-free software does not exist."
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"The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid."
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"Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls."
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"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."
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"One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion."
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"Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance."
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"Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements."
Software
"At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years."
Time
"When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause."
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