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…

Quote by Scott McNealy

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We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a...

We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a...

Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch...

Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch...

Get the best people and train them well.

Get the best people and train them well.

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

As leader, you're not allowed to go out and have beers on Friday night and...

As leader, you're not allowed to go out and have beers on Friday night and...

Probably the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age. [About Bill Gates]

Probably the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age. [About Bill Gates]

The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could...

The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could...

You already have zero privacy - get over it.

You already have zero privacy - get over it.

If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I...

If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I...

W2K will be a bigger disaster than Y2K.

W2K will be a bigger disaster than Y2K.

The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the...

The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the...

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Many people say 'I'm horrible at computers,' but I think that computers are horrible at...

Many people say 'I'm horrible at computers,' but I think that computers are horrible at...

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes...

The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes...

The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent.

The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent.

The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between...

The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between...

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

The message that personal computers can do neat things, that software is great stuff, that...

The message that personal computers can do neat things, that software is great stuff, that...