The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it. less than 1 minute read
When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our computers and have freedom, thus if you use some other free system instead but you have freedom, then it’s a success. It’s not popularity for our code but it’s success for our goal. less than 1 minute read
I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers. less than 1 minute read
Yeah, computers are going to take over the programming business because they have become so fast recently that they can solve the Halting Problem in five seconds flat. less than 1 minute read
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I’m talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor. less than 1 minute read
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. less than 1 minute read
The only thing I do on a computer is play Texas Hold ‘Em, really. Obviously my cell phone is a computer. My car is a computer. I’m on computers every day without actively seeking them out. less than 1 minute read
