Technology Quotes

Ever notice how fast Windows runs ? — Neither did I.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

We are always saying to ourself.. we have to innovate. We got to come up with that breakthrough. In fact, the way software works.. so long as you are using your existing software.. you don't pay us anything at all. So we're only paid for breakthroughs.

WWW? Nice toy, but what a waste of time.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.

We’re gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make “me too” products. Let some other companies do that. For us, it’s always the next dream.

Optimization hinders evolution.

It is the user who should parameterize procedures, not their creators.

The debate rages on: is PL/I Bachtrian or Dromedary?

Windows isn't a virus, viruses do something.

The term reboot comes from the middle age (before computers). Horses who stopped in mid-stride required a boot to the rear to start again. Thus the term to rear-boot, later abbreviated into reboot.

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.

The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.

The new information technology—Internet and e-mail—have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

Never let a computer know you're in a hurry.

The last good thing written in C++ was the Pachelbel Canon.

Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.

The best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.

It’s ridiculous to live 100 years and only be able to remember 30 million bytes. You know, less than a compact disc. The human condition is really becoming more obsolete every minute.

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.

The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.

There is some confusion because we only recently began our marketing. We're in an era were people need to think about business processes and applications horizontally...We need to think of the enterprise not as an island of stand-alone technology.

They should never have entered him in that computer. It's just common sense? that's the bottom line. I don't think it should have gotten this far.