"Every good work of software starts by scratching a developers personal itch."

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Source : Eric S. Raymond (2001). “The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary”, p.23, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Eric S. Raymond

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“God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because in his will he is united to God. At the same time, in His goodness he is merciful to the sinner and by chastising him in this life brings him back to the path of virtue. Similarly, a man of good and dispassionate judgment also loves all men equally. He loves the virtuous man because of his nature and the probity of his intention; and he loves the sinner, too, because of his nature and because in his compassion he pities him for foolishly stumbling in darkness.”
“As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me.”
“But we disposable women have to be realistic in this life, you know. Else we get itchy and discontented and start contemplating the kitchen knife and wondering whether it wouldn't look nicer between someone's shoulder-blades.”

Source : Jude Morgan (2011). “The Taste of Sorrow”, p.108, Hachette UK
“Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.”
“I was a TV junkie as a kid. I am the Sesame Street generation.”
“We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.”
“I don't know about them, but I sure am. I'm out for revenge.”
“You can tell James Duthie to shove that quiz. I have a few other words I can tell you about the quiz.”

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