I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience.
Andrew S. TanenbaumNever underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
Andrew S. TanenbaumA couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me It later came out that Microsoft had paid him to do this
Andrew S. TanenbaumWith current technology it is possible to put four floppy disk drives in a personal computer. It is just that doing so would be pointless.
Andrew S. TanenbaumI 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.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum