You can't take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of "open source," and have everything magically work out. - Jamie Zawinski

" "

You can't take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of "open source," and have everything magically work out.

English
Collect this quote

About Jamie Zawinski

Jamie Zawinski (JWZ; born November 3, 1968) is a computer programmer known for significant contributions to the free software projects Mozilla and XEmacs, and early versions of the Netscape Navigator web browser.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: jwz James Werner "Jamie" Zawinski

Share this quote as an image

Customize card

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Add semantic quote search to your AI assistant via MCP. One command setup.

Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.

Additional quotes by Jamie Zawinski

Go Premium

Support Quotewise while enjoying an ad-free experience and premium features.

View Plans
These people also tended to pretend to care deeply about the blind and otherwise disabled. I am sympathetic to the needs of those users, but I can't help but think that those who claimed to speak for the blind were being more than a little disingenuous, just like those Hemp people who present their arguments in terms of their deep and abiding care for the textile industry, when their real motives are … something else entirely.

Loading...