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Technology Quotes by Bill Gates

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Paper is no longer a big part of my day; I read most news online and jot ideas on a tablet. The quotes say software will never be as predictable as engineering, but it is more important than hardware and can empower people like nothing else. They also compare missed tech progress to cars that could drive on 1000 MPG.

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Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.

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We will never make a 32-bit operating system.

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Make it just like a Mac.

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Software is more important than hardware.

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The microprocessor is a miracle.

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

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640K ought to be enough for anybody.

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We're changing the world with technology.

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Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey.

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Anyone who spends their life on a computer is pretty unusual.

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Computers and games don't waste time - people do.

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The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.

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The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

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The next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh, not the IBM PC.

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Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

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Software was changing so fast, so unbelievable, that that got very quick adoption.

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There is competition, .. Can any Microsoft endure future competition without innovation? The answer is no. We've got to keep changing.

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Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things…

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When you program, you want to think you're writing the best possible program for the... for the task you're trying to solve.

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Windows is probably the most important product in the entire PC industry. Everything we do in terms of supporting touch, new hardware,…

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We flew down weekly to meet with IBM, but they thought the way to measure software was the amount of code we…

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If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG.

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I believe technology will continue to become more affordable and more people will have the chance to use it. This will help…

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The most important thing was the creation of a... a standard, where hundreds of companies build hardware that can all run the…

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Microsoft has had its success by doing low-cost products and constantly improving those products and we've really redefined the IT industry to…

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I like my job because it involves learning. I like being around smart people who are trying to figure out new things.…

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When you write a piece of software you assume a certain type of hardware. If you assume hardware that's too powerful then…

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People can criticize Microsoft for supporting this TV thing for the past eight years, but it is a long-term bet, There is…

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Software is inherently complicated. If you say to somebody I want an airline reservation system, to really say what you want in…

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During the past two centuries, innovation has more than doubled our life span and given us cheap energy and more food. If…

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Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done…

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The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have…

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When you develop software, the people who write the software, the developers are the key group but the testers also play an…

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Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail…

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So the vision of Microsoft is pretty simple. It changed a couple years ago. For the first 25 years of the company,…

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These four policy prescriptions - strengthening educational opportunities, revamping immigration rules for highly skilled workers, increasing federal funding for basic scientific research,…

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One thing people underestimate is how markets don't allow anyone to do anything except make better and better products. There's not much…

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You graduates are coming of age in an amazing time. As you leave Harvard, you have technology that members of my class…

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The dreams of the past - whether it was public TV being rolled into the classroom to teach Spanish, or the film…

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The digital decade is not just about any particular aspect of computing, taking enterprises, knowledge workers and homes and building standards that…

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Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.

Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.

The machines need to get faster. They need to get cheaper.

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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.…

Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.

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…

At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to…

Software is more important than hardware.

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.