Mitchell Baker Quotes & Sayings

“I've learned that for many people, change is uncomfortable. Maybe they want to go through it, and they can see the benefit of it, but at a gut level, change is uncomfortable.”

“I mean, who wants to live waking up... at least I don't want to live waking up everyday about revenge.”

“We have a very active testing community which people don't often think about when you have open source.”

“Many people think that open source projects are sort of chaotic and and anarchistic. They think that developers randomly throw code at the code base and see what sticks.”

“We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise.”

“I have a personal life and a professional life, and there's no way to separate them; for a while I tried, but no one could find me.”

“Money tends to make people suspicious, if there's any money floating around.”

“People are more naturally protective of what they create than of what they consume.”

“Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists.”

“We worked very hard to make extensions very simple.”