Fernando J. Corbató Quote

The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing down. The field is not mature yet and already it accounts for a significant percentage of the Gross National Product.


p. 75 - On Building Systems That Will Fail (1991)


The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing...

The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing...

The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing...

The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing...