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born 1968 United States
Jamie Zawinski (JWZ; born November 3, 1968) is a computer programmer known for significant contributions to the free software projects Mozilla and XEmacs, and early versions of the Netscape Navigator web browser.
Also known as: Zawinski, Jamie
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You can't take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of "open source," and have everything magically work out.
If you're using Windows, go fuck yourself.
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
I'd just like to take this moment to point out that C has all the expressive power of two dixie cups and a string.
Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes.
My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.
If you want to do something that's going to change the world, build software that people want to use instead of software that managers want to buy.
Your "use case" should be, there's a 22 year old college student living in the dorms. How will this software get him laid?
Browser compatibility problems are nature's way of saying "stop trying to be so fuckin' clever".
There is a lot of money to be made in the business of secrets, of course.
But instead I'm stuck inside under fluorescent lights, pushing bits around inside a computer in ways that are only interesting to other nerds.
Your needs are big because the Internet is big.
Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
I dug in a bit but then the smell of gasoline and burning flesh drove me away.
I've noticed that when I get quoted in .sig files, it's never any of the actual clever things I say all the time. Usually it's something dumb.
Self hosting email is like pounding needles into your eyes. You should never do that. Pay someone else to pound those needles so you can just lie back and enjoy it.
Our focus in the client group had always been to build products and features that people wanted to use. That we wanted to use. That our moms wanted to use.
C (it's not just a language, it's a grade)
Don't do drugs, kids. Stay in school.
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