Bill Gates (Businessperson)

Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more user-friendly Their best approach, so far, has been to take all the old brochures, and stamp the words, user-friendly on the cover

— Bill Gates war

We decided that we wanted our developers to come with clear minds, not polluted by some other approach, to learn the way that we liked to develop software, and to put the kind of energy into it that we thought was key.

— Bill Gates war

There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed

— Bill Gates war

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done it is like a part of yourself that youve put together. I think a lot of the people here feel that way.

— Bill Gates war

Analytical software enables you to shift human resources from rote data collection to value-added customer service and support where the human touch makes a profound difference.

— Bill Gates war

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG

— Bill Gates technology

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

— Bill Gates business

Youve got to give great tools to small teams. Pick good people, use small teams, give them excellent tools...so that they are very productive in terms of what they are doing. Make it very clear what they can do to change the spec. Make them feel lik

— Bill Gates change

As I look forward, Im very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

— Bill Gates war

Theres a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers youll make their jobs far more interesting, and theyll be able to work at a higher level than they would have without all that information just a few clicks away.

— Bill Gates philosophy

I see a lot of change, a lot of opportunity. Were not just talking about taking the advances of the past and suffusing them out into 100 percent of companies. Were talking about new waves, and new ways of thinking about the Internet, and thats going to keep all of our jobs very, very exciting.

— Bill Gates change

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

— Bill Gates power

My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things.

— Bill Gates reading

I dont think theres anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a binary fashion. We can someday replicate that on a machine. Earthly life is carbon based and computers are

— Bill Gates life

I dont think theres anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a binary fashion.

— Bill Gates intelligence

So the vision of Microsoft is pretty simple. It changed a couple years ago. For the first 25 years of the company, it was a personal computer on every desk and in every home. And it was a very good vision; very rare for a company to be able to stick with something like that for 25 years. The reason we changed it was simply that it became acceptable. . . . And so as we stepped back and looked at what we were trying to do with the programming model, turning the Internet into the fabric for distributed computing, getting your information to replicate in a very invisible way so that it was available to you everywhere, thinking of this programming model spanning all the different devices, we changed to the mission statement we have now, which is empowering people through great software anytime, any place and on any device.

— Bill Gates war

We are seeing pioneers moving out to the Internet, banks that are taking transactions, retail shopping on the Internet, and although its going to take most of a decade before most adults are turning to the Internet for a high percentage of their act

— Bill Gates action

Kids are taking PCs and the Internet to new heights. Theyre the ones that are designing the cutting-edge web sites.

— Bill Gates internet

Today, you always know whether you are on the Internet or on your PCs hard drive. Tomorrow, you will not care and may not even know.

— Bill Gates you

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

— Bill Gates age

Often you have to rely on intuition.

— Bill Gates you

Lets drive not just breakthroughs in new products, but new ways to give more and more people access to these inventions and their benefits. This is a broad and important mission, and I believe we all have a part to play in it.

— Bill Gates art

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - Im afraid thats not quite right.

— Bill Gates age

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.

— Bill Gates time

I find golf very relaxing.its a way to get away from work and get outside. Its a lot of fun, and once you get going its almost kind of addictive.

— Bill Gates work

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