Software production is unlike any other production that preceded it. No raw materials are required, no time is required, and no effort is required. You can make a million copies of a piece of software instantaneously for free. It's a totally new paradigm of production.

— John McAfee, Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet

From Part 3 of Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet.

Topics: software engineering