[OT] quote attribution

Bevan C. Bennett bevan at fulcrummicro.com
Mon Feb 23 19:15:44 UTC 2004


Christofer C. Bell wrote:

> "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for the rest of the night.  Set 
> a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life."  -- Unknown

I don't know if he also borrowed it from somewhere, but I usually see 
that quote attributed to Terry Pratchett.

I'm also fond of the following quote, as I think it really points to the 
true advantages of FOSS. I keep a copy in the machine room:

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing 
that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly 
go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or 
repair." --Douglas Adams





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