Dennis Ritchie

"UNIX is very simple, it just needs a genius to understand its simplicity."

"My own computational world is a strange blend of Plan 9, Windows, and Inferno. I very much admire Linux's growth and vigor. Occasionally, people ask me much the same question , but posed in a way that…"

"I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the demigodic party."

"What we wanted to preserve was not just a good environment in which to do programming, but a system around which fellowship could form. We knew from experience that the essence of communal computing, …"

"Life's a bitch and then your feet wear down."

"Another danger is that commercial pressures of one sort or another will divert the attention of the best thinkers from real innovation to exploitation of the current fad, from prospecting to mining a …"

"C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success."

"I don’t really distinguish between Linux and things that are more or less direct descendants of Unix. I think they’re all the same at some level. Often, people ask me, "Do you feel jealous about Linux…"