Java Quote by Dennis Ritchie

As Mono matures, people will begin to use it to write desktop components that take advantage of all the hard work thats gone into…

— Nat Friedman

While Microsoft does not share all of Oracle's ambitions for Java, we agree that it is a very valuable tool for software developers.

— Bill Gates

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing…

— Alan Kay

Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there

— Miguel de Icaza

It's strategic for us - lots of people will develop applications in .NET.

— Miguel de Icaza

I think few people in their lifetime have the chance to be involved in something like the creation of Microsoft - that's always going…

— Paul Allen

Microsoft has laid down the foundations for next-generation computing and is the founder in terms of providing user-friendly software - thereby increasing the number…

— Arfa Karim

Microsoft is involved in setting some fairly key standards and people are afraid of it because they think, Geez, they are quite capable. It's…

— Bill Gates

“There is all the more reason for startups to write Web-based software now, because writing desktop software has become a lot less fun. If…

— Paul Graham

This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language…

— Bjarne Stroustrup

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.

— Bjarne Stroustrup

Microsoft's philosophy is to 'do things better.' And Vista has given us lots of opportunity to do that.

— Bill Gates