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Wietse Venema

"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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"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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"The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test."

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"In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems."
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"Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists."
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"As of today, the Postfix mail transport agent has almost 50,000 lines of code, comments not included."
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"Postfix keeps running even if one Postfix process dies; Windows requires that someone restarts the service."
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"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."
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"The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems."
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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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"Defect-free software does not exist."
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"Sure, but competition is good for the user."
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"Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements."
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