Nathaniel Borenstein quotes

It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter. (Nathaniel Borenstein)

The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.

Nathaniel Borenstein

Software patents may be used as a form of outright coercion, providing protection against theft of ideas as a potentially high cost to future inventors.

Nathaniel Borenstein

As more and more good ideas come under the protection of patents, it may become increasingly unlikely that any one program can incorporate the state of the art in user-interface design without sinking into a quagmire of unending royalty payments and legal battles.

Nathaniel Borenstein

Nathaniel Borenstein

Born: September 23, 1957
Quotes count: 4
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