We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch.
Scott McNealy
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Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.
The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the right to speak it.
Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch to make a phone call, or how to use the Hoover Dam to take a shower, or how to work a nuclear-power plant to turn on the lights.
Get the best people and train them well.
I can't figure the stock market out. I think it's wacky. I have done well with a long-term strategy and will continue being a long-term investor.
If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.
The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever.
We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch.
When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment.
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