Technology Quotes

It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

Windows 95: It's like upgrading from Reagan to Bush.

Be nice to geeks when you're in school, you might end-up working for one when you grow-up.

The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.

The best accelerator available for a Mac is one that causes it to go at 9.81 m/s2.

If brute force doesn't solve your problems, then you aren't using enough.

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates ?

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.

How could this be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?

Technology innovation is starting to explode and having open-source material out there really helps this explosion. You get students and researchers involved and you get people coming through and building start ups based on open source products.

Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.

We started putting together a "hotlist" of favorite sites from David and myself, and we called it "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" Before we knew it, people from all over the world were using this database that we created.

I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.

If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything.

Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except over technology.

Just about anyone can pass if they have a home computer and are a quick study.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

I think one of the big errors people are making right now is thinking that old-style businesses will be obsolete, when actually they will be an important part of this new civilization. Some retail groups are introducing e-commerce and think that the "bricks" are no longer useful. But they will continue to be important.

In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.

The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants.

I want people to understand the amazing, positive way our software can make leisure time more enjoyable, and work and businesses more successful.