To solve an interesting problem, start by finding a problem that is interesting to you.
Eric S. RaymondWhen you lose interest in a program, your last duty to it is to hand it off to a competent successor.
Eric S. RaymondYou cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.
Eric S. RaymondThe iPhone brand is in worse shape than I thought was even possible. And the implications of that are huge... The iPhone is in deep trouble.
Eric S. RaymondUgly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A language that makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code.
Eric S. Raymond