Bill Gates Computer Quotations

Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer.

The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.

Anything that someone's interested in should be very, very easy to call up onto the screen. And in fact the computer over time will see what you're interested in and make that immediately available without your having to be give any commands at all.

In the decade ahead I can predict that we will provide over twice the productivity improvement that we provided in the '90s.

I see little commercial potential for the Internet for at least ten years.

I feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way it will change the way we work, learn, and entertain ourselves as any of these previous advances.

Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.

Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things.

Anyone who spends their life on a computer is pretty unusual.

I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time.

The future of Windows is to let the computer see, listen and even learn.

This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing.

It is hard to smash a computer when you're laughing.

DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.

Jeez, get a decent computer where you can actually read the text and you're not sitting there cranking the thing while you're trying to type.

It is certainly a dream come true in that we set a computer on every desk in every home and have the level of sales and profitability and employees we have today,

We view this as a major milestone. Our original vision of a computer on every desk and every home, we've made amazing progress on that. This organization will allow us to do that faster.

This will continue, ... They'll have a new version, we'll have a new version. It's a healthy competition that you expect in the computer software market.

We also had the tragic events of September 11th, and I know for everyone that's caused us to step back, think about our priorities. It's a tragedy that affects us personally and affects our businesses. For the computer industry in particular, I think it highlights the importance of security, giving that far more importance than we've had in the past. We don't want our digital systems to have weaknesses that allow for tragedies, exploiting the weaknesses that are there. And so there's a renewed sense of focus on that.

There isn't the buzz and excitement about computer science that there should be. We're on the threshold of extraordinary advances in computing that will affect not only the sciences but also how we work and our culture. We need to get the brightest people working on those opportunities.

It's very exciting to renew our commitment to the Macintosh. We're very pleased to be supporting Apple. We think Apple makes a huge contribution to the computer industry.

The last thing you want to do for a shared use computer is have it be something without a disk ... and with a tiny little screen.

I never would have predicted it. I didn't set out to achieve some level of wealth or size of company. I remember in 1980 or 1981 looking at a list of people who had made a lot of money in the computer industry and thinking, 'Wow, that's amazing.' But

The home itself will be like a computer system,