Brian Behlendorf Quotations

There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.

Software as an asset isn't stable over time; it needs to be maintained.

In true open source development, theres lots of visibility all the way through the development process.

Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the developing nations economy and not an exploitative one.

Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there's the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache out there and why it's a good thing for society.

I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us.

The great thing about mod_rewrite is it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail. The downside to mod_rewrite is that it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail.

So that's my main role right now and really the politics also includes going out and communicating to the world why Apache is a good thing, why companies should be involved in it, and why individuals should be involved in it too.

One of the biggest challenges facing the globe is the gap that exists in the wealth and standards of living enjoyed by the world's nations.

I knew nothing about sales, marketing or how to run a company. Nor did I have a desire to do any of those things.