People are imperfect. What we have learned through the ages, though, is that combining lots of people creates a better end result, ... For some reason, we forgot that when it came to developing software.

You have an equivalent to random mutation, except it's better, ... It's directed mutation, people constantly trying to improve the software.

Indirectly, the impact [of LSB] will be large on [enterprise deployments], ... As independent software vendors develop confidence that they can maintain a single Linux binary port for all LSB-conformant distributions, many more enterprise applications will become available.

The fact that [the summit] is happening at all, the fact that people in these sub-tribes see a need to come together and speak to each other says something in itself

Microsoft has to figure out a way to use the network to enhance their software. They can link to dictionary.com or thesaurus.com instead of bundling those features into Microsoft Word.

If Unix could present the same face, the same capabilities, on machines of many different types, it could serve as a common software environment for all of them.