
I've been reading some of the work of Ray Solomonoff, having come across him in the context of Kolmogorov complexity/algorithmic information, and I like this (from The Discovery of Algorithmic Probability, Journal of Computer and System Sciences 55, 73-88 (1997)):

I’ve been designing systems for some time and although I admit I’m not a designer of ‘big’ systems architectures I do have my moments. I also consult with the ‘big boys’ and I’ve had an IBM consultant help me with some details of a redesign we went through to get to our current web cluster several years ago.