Author: Wietse Venema

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At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.

At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.

- Wietse Venema

Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.

Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.

- Wietse Venema

I was going to visit IBM for six months as a visiting scientist. Now, six months is a lot of time, so I came with a whole list of projects that I might want to work on.

I was going to visit IBM for six months as a visiting scientist. Now, six months is a lot of time, so I came with a whole list of projects that I might want to work on.

- Wietse Venema

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.

- Wietse Venema

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