You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code. — 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
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
(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
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
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
Good developers like seeing their products sell in large quantities. They enjoy the competition of doing a better job than the other… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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
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
So the vision of Microsoft is pretty simple. It changed a couple years ago. For the first 25 years of the company,… — 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
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses ... it's progressing. ... Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs,… — 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
DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied. — 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 here that… — 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 a meeting… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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 Image
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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 Image
