Eric Allman

Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, read more

Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more.

This is like the telephone problem--no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of read more

This is like the telephone problem--no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem.

You get a certain amount of cachet. The more people that know about your stuff, the better.

You get a certain amount of cachet. The more people that know about your stuff, the better.

Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- and then a couple of more feet, just to be read more

Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.

We started up the company with a goal of building a real company, unlike so many Internet Bubble startups that read more

We started up the company with a goal of building a real company, unlike so many Internet Bubble startups that seemed to take the attitude of "let's get mind share, and we'll figure out a way to make money later."