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 was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software is definitely engineering. It's different in that we take on novel tasks every time. It's not like building a certain bridge… — 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
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software, by being comprehensive, can save costs by avoiding add-on pieces of software. We can save money in terms of speed of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You can go overboard in how quickly you might expect new technologies to transform people's lives. But I very much believe the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly'... Their best approach so far has been to take all the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think there certainly was a milestone in the '90s with regards to the Internet achieving critical mass. There were several magical… — 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
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
As you get to the end of the project you want to run all the tests cases against one version and make… — 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
The common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components… — 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
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
Software is different than other products um, partly because it's, it's not physical and, and partly because of its complexity. You can… — 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
About three million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
America and Japan are the two leading world economies in terms of technology and innovative products. And in software, information-age technology and… — 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
Microsoft does not dominate the software industry by any stretch of the imagination. We have lots of very able competitors who keep… — 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
Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And 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