Computers Quote by Peter H. Gregory

It used to be the program's purpose to instruct our computers; it became the computer's purpose to execute our programs.

— Edsger Dijkstra

For many years, even as users became more sophisticated, personal computers took too much effort to use without problem-solving, keeping alive the yearning for…

— Walt Mossberg

“The metaprogrammer who uses one, or especially several, applications as components in a larger system. This is the user whose needs are poorly met…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

The message that personal computers can do neat things, that software is great stuff, that there's an exciting opportunity here and Microsoft is involved…

— Bill Gates

For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way.

— Wietse Venema

“Experts want to control and customize the technology. You’ll need to take the mainstreamers’ view of “control:” to be in control of the outcomes.…

— Giles Colborne

“software alone is a commodity. There is nothing stopping anyone from copying the feature set, making it better, cheaper, and faster.”

— Alex Moazed

The stored-program digital computer has three major attributes: it is fast, it is accurate, and it is stupid. The first two attributes are often…

— P. J. Plauger

Database: the information you lose when your memory crashes.

— Dave Barry

Microsoft unleashed something called Bob, a program that's supposed to make Windows easier to use. Until a Bob helper is born, you can look…

— Josh Quittner

In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.

— Alan Kay

“You know you've totally screwed up your life when your whole world turns to shit and the only person you have to talk to…

— Ernest Cline