Programming is not a science. Programming is a craft.

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices to make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply ethics to life decisions is a way of choosing to be amoral.

The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do.

Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'

Prior art is as effective as US soldiers in Iraq: They control the ground they stand on, and nothing more. I used to say Vietnam, but, well, you know.

If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try to help deal with the world's larger problems. Standing up to an evil system is exhilarating, and now I have a taste for it.