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Jamie Zawinski

"Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes."

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"Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes."

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"While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong."

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"Are you trying to manipulate me? It's working."

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"I like to live righteous. And I just want everyone to know I'm not trying to get out of anything."

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"One of the things that I have learned since trying to bring in an interesting story in under 28 pages is that we already agree on great chunks of typical superhero stories."

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"James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can."

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"Oh I am trying to remember, we would read the script after we did the show."

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"Why should someone have to retrain themselves to use a new application that does the same basic thing as the old application, just because something as trivial as the operating system changed out from under them?"
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"Because, you see, what I want to do is to commoditize the OS. I want to have access to all the applications that I need to do the things that I need to do, regardless."
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"Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway!"
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"Mostly I use the O2 as an X terminal, however, running my apps on Linux and displaying remotely."
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"And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux."
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"See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy."
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"I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more."
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"On the other hand, there would be some value in different folks getting together to share expertise and technology; but to the listener, it wouldn't necessarily seem like a single station in the traditional sense."
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"My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others."
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