Scott McNealy Quotes

#1. Every time you turn on your new car, you're turning on 20 microprocessors. Every time you use an ATM, you're using a computer. Every time I use a settop box or game machine, I'm using a computer. The only computer you don't know how to work is your Microsoft computer, right?

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#2. 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.

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#3. W2K will be a bigger disaster than Y2K.

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#4. We have an opportunity to improve productivity and cut costs while growing our way to a better and a more comfortable operating environment. I don't think anyone feels comfortable about bumping around where we are today.

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#5. Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system ... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too.

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#6. 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.

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#7. Putting Windows [3.11] on top of DOS is like putting whipped cream on a road apple [horse poop].

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#8. The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English. Then I'd be able to charge you an upgrade fee every time I add new letters like N and T.

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#9. The network is the computer.

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#10. Yes, we have a dress code. You have to dress.

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#11. When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment.

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#12. The best decision is the right decision. The next best decision is the wrong decision. The worst decision is no decision.

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#13. If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy.

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#14. When computers (people) are networked, their power multiplies geometrically. Not only can people share all that information inside their machines, but they can reach out and instantly tap the power of other machines (people), essentially making the entire network their computer.

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#15. We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch.

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#16. This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment.

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

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#18. 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.

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#19. Without choice, you have no innovation. Without innovation, you have nothing.

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#20. 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.

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#21. Technology has the shelf life of a banana.

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#22. Who cares who's captain after the wings have fallen off.

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#23. In a world without fences, who needs Gates?

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#24. 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.

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#25. Get the best people and train them well.

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