Quotes
- "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
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