Hard things should be possible - quote

"Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible."
~ Larry Wall, creator of Perl programming language

Tim Berners Lee technological quotes collection

Some of the great technological quotes from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee

The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.

The important thing is the diversity available on the Web.

I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other.

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device.

Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.

You affect the world by what you browse.

Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same information.

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split.

Web pages are designed for people. For the Semantic Web, we need to look at existing databases.

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free.

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon.

We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of issues to be addressed that the media rightly pick up on.

Bill Gates technology quotes collection

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

People everywhere love Windows.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.

We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.

When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.

Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can send an electric shock through the keyboard if the human does something that does not please Windows.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.

Steve Jobs famous quotes collection

I've always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?

I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

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