30 Quotes by Wietse Venema

Adding functionality is not just a matter of adding code.

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.

The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems.

Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance.

I don't expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot.

For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way.

Postfix keeps running even if one Postfix process dies; Windows requires that someone restarts the service.

Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.

My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated.