There is the old boys' club, but there are people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.
Microkernels are not a pipe dream. They represent proven technology.
If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50 million computers, considerably more thought might have gone into it.
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about.
XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files
With current technology it is possible to put four floppy disk drives in a personal computer. It is just that doing so would be pointless.
My daughters have grown up knowing all about my kidnapping and the case and what happened.
When you do what you want, not what you wish. . . ' said the first raven. 'When you no longer seek your reflection in others' eyes. . . ' said the second. 'When you see yourselves face to face. . . ' said the third. 'Then,' the ravens intoned in unison, 'you will have found what you truly seek.
When he saw injustice, he wanted to do away with it. He saw communism, and he wanted to put an end to it.
I'm not denying I've espoused and promoted conservatism, because conservatism's the alternative. And conservatism works every time it's tried. That's the problem. It really hasn't been tried. Even people claiming to be conservative, when it comes time to actually do it, chicken out.