"In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent."

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"All our words from loose using have lost their edge."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

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"Our language now has become quick-moving (in syllables), and may be very supple and nimble, but is rather thin in sound and in sense too often diffuse and vague. the language of our forefathers, especially in verse, was slow, not very nimble, but very sonorous, and was intensely packed and concentrated - or could be in a good poet."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"Are you one of those people who uses words more for the sound than for the sense of them?"

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"Where do the words gowhen we have said them?"

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"Language is the gateway of the mind and a bridge that connects us to other human beings. Language enables a person to share their clandestine inner world with other human beings and to learn about other people's mysterious world of logical thoughts and poetic sentiments."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"Aye, aye, that's the way wi' thee: thee allays makes a peck o' thy own words out o' a pint o' the Bible's."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Words are never insufficient to describe any situation. It is the talent to use the words which is the insufficient one!"

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"Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"And why does he talk so funny? Doesn't he mean squashed tomatoes?I don't think that they had tomatoes when he comes from, said Bod. And that's just how they talk then."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"I like slang words, straight to the point. I like words of wisdom, straight to the heart."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate."

Love

"In some cases we've been building tools that are specific to Linux for the desktop, and they only work on Linux, but I see two major projects that are wildly, wildly successful: Mozilla and OpenOffice, and those two programs are cross platform."

Work

"It's strategic for us - lots of people will develop applications in .NET."

People

"After releasing Mono 1.0, we started work on a new edition of Mono that will be released later in the year."

Work

"Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology."

Technology

"Our strategy in dealing with patents in Mono is the same strategy that any other software developer would take. In the event of a patent claim, we will try to find prior art to the claim of the patent."

Art

"The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today."

Software

"I've never worked with the Java community."

Community

"Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent."

Software

"I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform."

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