Technology Quotes

Some people think technology has the answers.

We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software.. that's something we brought to computing. And so it's a responsibility for us to make sure that things like security don't get in the way of that dream.

The computer reminds one of Lon Chaney -- it is the machine of a thousand faces.

In software, we rarely have meaningful requirements. Even if we do, the only measure of success that matters is whether our solution solves the customer’s shifting idea of what their problem is.

The goal of computation is the emulation of our synthetic abilities, not the understanding of our analytic ones.

If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.

If McDonalds were run like a software company, one out of every hundred Big Macs would give you food poisoning, and the response would be, ‘We’re sorry, here’s a coupon for two more.

If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.

A thunderstorm is God's way of saying you spend too much time in front of the computer.

I’ve noticed lately that the paranoid fear of computers becoming intelligent and taking over the world has almost entirely disappeared from the common culture. Near as I can tell, this coincides with the release of MS-DOS.

The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It’s up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce them.

Daddy, what does FORMATTING DRIVE C mean?

We have the mini and the micro computer. In what semantic niche would the pico computer fall?

I have to say I was a bit shocked to see myself on the cover (TIME magazine). It's really not my style since Yahoo! is something built by a lot more people than just me..

Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.

David and I and the rest of the Yahoos here really believe that the internet should remain as free as possible. At the same time we are a business and have fiscal responsibilities.

The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too.

This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment.

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.

'Intel Inside': The world's most widely used warning label.

The world is coming to an end... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!

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

The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.