58 Quotes by Jamie Zawinski

Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway!

On the other hand, there would be some value in different folks getting together to share expertise and technology; but to the listener, it wouldn't necessarily seem like a single station in the traditional sense.

And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux.

You can always affect things - so can you change it in a way that will make you as happy with it in the future as you were in the past? Maybe it won't be the same, but it might be something else you also like.

I use a really simple calendar program on my computer.

I find that getting something on the screen as soon as possible really helps focus the problem for me. It helps me decide what to work on next. Because if you're just looking at that big to-do list it's like, eh, I don't know which one I should do—does it matter which one I do? But if there's something you can actually look at, even if it's just the debug output of your mailbox parser, it's like, OK, there!

Mostly I use the O2 as an X terminal, however, running my apps on Linux and displaying remotely.

I eat and drink at my desk, but I'm a tidy eater.

If you want to do something that's going to change the world, build software that people want to use instead of software that managers want to buy.