Today I am one of the senior technical cadre that makes the Internet work, and a core Linux and open-source developer.

Treating your users as co-developers is your least-hassle route to rapid code improvement and effective debugging.

The ARPAnet was the first transcontinental, high-speed computer network.

The easiest programs to use are those which demand the least new learning from the user

Anybody who has ever owned a dog who barked when strangers came near its owner's property has experienced the essential continuity between animal territoriality and human property. Our domesticated cousins of the wolf know, instinctively, that property is no mere social convention or game, but a critically important evolved mechanism for the avoidance of violence. (This makes them smarter than a good many human political theorists.)

A software system is transparent when you can look at it and immediately see what is going on. It is simple when what is going on is uncomplicated enough for a human brain to reason about all the potential cases without strain

When writing gateway software of any kind, take pains to disturb the data stream as little as possible - and never throw away information unless the recipient forces you to!