The job was to put into a, a computer with only 4K of memory an entire basic full blown, floating point Basic… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you think you're a really good programmer... read Knuth's Art of Computer Programming... You should definitely send me a resume if… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The truth of Moore's law has made remarkable things possible. On the software side, I think natural user interfaces in all their… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The finest pieces of software are those where one individual has a complete sense of exactly how the program works. To have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I am super lucky. I've been in the area where things have been changing and been part of the digital revolution, the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We decided that we wanted our developers to come with clear minds, not polluted by some other approach, to learn the way… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The message that personal computers can do neat things, that software is great stuff, that there's an exciting opportunity here and Microsoft… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In software you can't really add people and expect to get more done, because their ability to understand the program and what's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Another trick in software is to avoid rewriting the software by using a piece that's already been written, so called component approach… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Creating a piece of software is always complicated because you're doing something new. If you just wanted something that had been done… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We have over 60 million machines that can take the same diskette, plug it in and immediately ah, that that software's working.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The vision is really that in the information age the microprocessor-based machine, the PC, along with great software, can become sort of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Even for the very best programmers ah, sometimes you'll see someone else's program or somebody will come along and they'll show you… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put 3-man years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Good programmers stay open minded to that even though there is no obvious way to improve what they've done they... they keep… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
(In response to Java) Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put three man-years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The software is where the magic is. If you're going to have all this power be simple enough, appealing enough and cool… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Our vision of what's important is exactly the same today, bringing together the best systems and the best software to empower people… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The most important people is to pick people who like to write software and who are good at... good developers like working… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It is a high bar to say that it's more fun than working on software because the work at Microsoft that both… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software, that's something we… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There are a variety of techniques for breaking software down into pieces and making software development more efficient. Many of these techniques… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People are building the software and so having the pieces be such that a single person understands all the tradeoffs and everything… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Analytical software enables you to shift human resources from rote data collection to value-added customer service and support where the human touch… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In programming when you're making a change you have to know all the affected places, and you have to be able to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Imagine the disincentive to software development if after months of work another company could come along and copy your work and market… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you’re a person struggling to eat and stay healthy you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you’ll never have… — Bill Gates Copy Share
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied. — Bill Gates Copy Share
We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering. — Bill Gates Copy Share
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates Copy Share
Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all.… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. — Bill Gates Copy Share
I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a… — Bill Gates Copy Share
At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them. — Bill Gates Copy Share