Scott McNealy Professions : Businessman Born : November 13, 1954 Browse All Authors Top 28 quotes by Scott McNealy Get the best people and train them well. Scott McNealy business leadership people You already have zero privacy - get over it. Scott McNealy over-it privacy zero The best decision is the right decision. The next best decision is the wrong decision. The worst decision is no decision. Scott McNealy next decision business We believe we're moving out of the Ice Age, the Iron Age, the Industrial Age, the Information Age, to the participation age. You get on the Net and you do stuff. You IM (instant message), you blog, you take pictures, you publish, you podcast, you transact, you distance learn, you telemedicine. You are participating on the Internet, not just viewing stuff. We build the infrastructure that goes in the data center that facilitates the participation age. We build that big friggin' Webtone switch. It has security, directory, identity, privacy, storage, compute, the whole Web services stack. Scott McNealy distance believe moving 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. Scott McNealy office home today Technology has the shelf life of a banana. Scott McNealy bananas shelves technology If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy. Scott McNealy controversial would-be thinking Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too. Scott McNealy technology would-be talking Without choice, you have no innovation. Without innovation, you have nothing. Scott McNealy innovation choices Do I have a problem with Larry Ellison buying Sun? No, that's part of the capitalist system. As soon as we go public we're for sale, that's part of the deal. And do I have a problem with him exercising his intellectual property rights? No, I don't have a problem with that. Would it be how we necessarily ran and operated? Obviously not. Scott McNealy intellectual rights exercise Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products. Scott McNealy ruins business giving Yes, we have a dress code. You have to dress. Scott McNealy dress-code computer dresses 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? Scott McNealy humor games funny 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. Scott McNealy technology letters add We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch. Scott McNealy light water thinking Putting Windows [3.11] on top of DOS is like putting whipped cream on a road apple [horse poop]. Scott McNealy poop apples horse Who cares who's captain after the wings have fallen off. Scott McNealy who-cares captains wings 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. Scott McNealy machines technology people 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. Scott McNealy cutting opportunity thinking 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. Scott McNealy phones light use Similar Authors Bob Iger businessman Bob Wright businessman Bruce Karatz businessman Bruce Kovner businessman Brian Roberts businessman Brandon Wade businessman All Authors
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