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.

I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience.

However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process.

I really am not angry with Linus. Honest. He's not angry with me either.

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.

I have a mouse, but don't have a mouse driver for MINIX and have never felt the need to write one. Typing "rm x y z" is a lot faster than clicking five times and then having to convince the system that you really, truly, mean it and this is not a mistake and that you are consenting adult over 18 and that you completely understand the consequences and you still want to do it.

The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.