Gordon Bell

1934–2024 · American computer engineer

Topics: simplicity, complexity, unix

• Microsoft NT...is going to be very far-reaching. It's going to grab the rug out from under Unix.

  — Gordon Bell

• A Broadband Cable for TV is like a sewer pipe that in principle can carry gas, water, and waste: it is easy to get all that shit in there, but hard to separate it out again.

  — Gordon Bell

• The most reliable components are the ones you leave out.

  — Gordon Bell