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“System designers who do not allow users to type far ahead ought to be tarred and feathered, or worse yet, be forced to use their own system.”
Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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“I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience.”

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“Fight Features. … The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.”

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“However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process.”

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“The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from.”

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Structured Computer OrganizationStructured Computer OrganizationModern Operating SystemsModern Operating SystemsOperating SystemsOperating SystemsModern Operating Systems, Global EditionModern Operating Systems, Global EditionComputer NetworksComputer Networks
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