Mark Shuttleworth famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Computer is not a device anymore. It is an extension of your mind and your gateway to other people.
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A big part of willpower is having something to aspire to, something to live for.
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Chef and Ubuntu are often inseparable in serious server deployments, making mutual integration a must for our users. We're excited to offer Chef as part of the Ubuntu distribution and to deliver easy bare metal provisioning with MAAS and Chef.
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Those folks who try to impose analog rules on digital content will find themselves on the wrong side of the tidal wave.
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An experience like that changes your perspective on life and on the world
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Free software is part of a broader phenomenon, which is a shift toward recognizing the value of shared work. Historically, shared stuff had a very bad name. The reputation was that people always abused shared things, and in the physical world, something that is shared and abused becomes worthless. In the digital world, I think we have the inverse effect, where something that is shared can become more valuable than something that is closely held, as long as it is both shared and contributed to by everybody who is sharing in it.
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There are many examples of companies and countries that have improved their competitiveness and efficiency by adopting open source strategies. The creation of skills through all levels is of fundamental importance to both companies and countries.
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I urge telecommunications regulators to develop a commercial strategy for delivering effective access to the continent.
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I don't expect my flight to produce a generation of astronauts and cosmonauts back home, but I hope it will encourage people to pursue their dreams.
-- Mark Shuttleworth
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.
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The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.
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Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.
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Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.
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The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
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Why we do what we do: that moment when you get to see the future on your computer screen before the rest of the world.
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FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.
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I love sci-fi, computer games. I love any escapes. Give me them all.
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