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“…the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected…”

– Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

“Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity.”

– Dennis Ritchie

“UNIX was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things, as that would also stop them from doing clever things.”

– Doug Gwyn

“Unix never says ‘please’.”

– Rob Pike

“Unix is user-friendly. It just isn’t promiscuous about which users it’s friendly with.”

– Steven King

“Those who don’t understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.”

– Henry Spencer