Author: Wietse Venema

Quotes

Defect-free software does not exist.

Defect-free software does not exist.

- Wietse Venema

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

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

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

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