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Computers Quotes by Bill Gates

73 Computers quotes by Bill Gates

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Bill Gates points out that paper has become a small part of daily work, replaced by tablets and fast internet. He says faster, cheaper machines and fierce competition drive the computer world forward. The quotes also claim that software matters more than hardware and that personal computers are powerful tools for communication and creation.

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No one will need more than 637Kb of memory for a personal computer

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It is hard to smash a computer when you're laughing.

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Software is more important than hardware.

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A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts.

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Bridge is one of the last games in which the computer is not better.

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

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

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

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Software was the key element that would determine how useable and how broadly applicable the machine was.

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Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision.

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DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.

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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 1,000 MPG.

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

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I'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of…

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Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put 3-man years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his…

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I remember in 1980 or 1981 looking at a list of people who had made a lot of money in the computer…

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Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to…

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3D is a way of organizing things, particularly as we're getting much more media information on the computer, a lot more choices,…

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Software, by being comprehensive, can save costs by avoiding add-on pieces of software. We can save money in terms of speed of…

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I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate…

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Computer science … jobs should be way more interesting than even going to Wall Street or being a lawyer--or, I can argue,…

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Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to…

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(Talking about his first computer) Like all kids we not only fooled around with our toys, we changed them. If you've ever…

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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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Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, you’re encouraging labor…

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

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

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This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing.

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The future of Windows is to let the computer see, listen and even learn.

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Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer.

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More and more software would just increase the number of tasks that the computer would help solve.

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The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or…

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The computer will live your life, listen to you and understand you better than humans can.

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It's pretty amazing to go from a world where computers were unheard of and very complex to where they're a tool of…

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There was a magical breakthrough when the computer became cheap and we could see that everyone could afford a computer.

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Training the workforce of tomorrow with today's high schools is like trying to teach kids about today's computers on a 50-year-old mainframe.

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The early personal computers were not very powerful so the idea of feeding their program into a small amount of memory requires…

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You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold,…

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

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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.