Brian Behlendorf quotes

There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population. (Brian Behlendorf)
Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the developing nations economy and not an exploitative one. View quote
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I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us. View quote
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Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there's the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache out there and why it's a good thing for society. View quote
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In true open source development, theres lots of visibility all the way through the development process. View quote
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Companies have been trying to figure out what it is that makes open source work. View quote
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No one wants one language. There are applications when it's appropriate to write something in C rather than in Java. If you want to write something where performance is much more important than extensibility, then you might want to choose C rather than Java. View quote
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Software as an asset isn't stable over time; it needs to be maintained. View quote
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And, I think that is actually appropriate because I'm really not the world's best programmer, I think it's a good thing that I'm not touching the code. View quote
Brian Behlendorf

Brian Behlendorf

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Occupation: American Scientist
Born: March 30, 1973
Quotes count: 9

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