"This is something we're very committed to, it's something that I think people are underestimating right now as they've seen some of the dot-com promises not come through. I think they're missing the fact that the basic technology is moving…"

"Looking at the proliferation of personal web pages on the net, it looks like very soon everyone on earth will have 15 Megabytes of fame."

"A program without a loop and a structured variable isn't worth writing."

"Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught not to. So it is with great programmers."

"I need to make an okay living. The people who work for us need to. But after you make a comfortable living, how much more do you need? It's like I make a joke about nerd values, because I'm very…"

"Writing code has a place in the human hierarchy worth somewhere above grave robbing and beneath managing."

"The issues involved are sufficiently important that courses are now moving out of the philosophy departments and into mainstream computer science. And they affect everyone. Many of the students attracted to these courses are not technology majors, and many of…"

"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live."

"Today's meters are little computers."

"The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants."