Quotes by Technology There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable. Bill Gates differencestechnologypractice WWW? Nice toy, but what a waste of time. Bill Gates wastetechnologynice If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG. Bill Gates cartechnologysuccess Anyone who spends their life on a computer is pretty unusual. Bill Gates unusualcomputertechnology 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 marketingtechnologybusiness A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer. Bill Gates computertechnologyaverage Microsoft has had its success by doing low-cost products and constantly improving those products and we've really redefined the IT industry to be something that's about a tool for individuals. Bill Gates technologybusinesssuccess This [philanthropy] work is even more fascinating. It requires us to think harder about how we build partnerships, who we get behind. And yet we get to see progress that in some ways is even more profound than the great advances that digital technology has provided. Bill Gates technologyprofoundthinking By helping us to be more productive, technology lets us to spend less time focusing on survival, and more on solving other challenges. Bill Gates survivaltechnologychallenges The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking. Bill Gates technologylawthinking I like my job because it involves learning. I like being around smart people who are trying to figure out new things. I like the fact that if people really try they can figure out how to invent things that actually have an impact. Bill Gates smarttechnologyjobs One thing people underestimate is how markets don't allow anyone to do anything except make better and better products. There's not much leeway. The world is a lot more competitive than most people think, particularly in a high-technology area. If a company takes its eye off improving its products, if it tries to do anything that would be viewed as an exercise of power, it'll be displaced very rapidly. Bill Gates technologyeyeexercise If something's expensive to develop, and somebody's not going to get paid, it won't get developed. So you decide: Do you want software to be written, or not? Bill Gates technologymoneybusiness Nobody has a guaranteed position in computer technologies business. We've done some good work, but all of these products become obsolete so fast and the structure of the business as it broadens out is going to be so different. Bill Gates technologydifferentdone Cutting through complexity to find a solution runs through four predictable stages: determine a goal, find the highest-leverage approach, discover the ideal technology for that approach, and in the meantime, make the smartest application of the technology that you already have - whether it's something sophisticated, like a drug, or something simpler, like a bednet. Bill Gates cuttingtechnologyrunning The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challenge it. Bill Gates rewardstechnologychallenges 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 technologyfriendlytrying The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. Bill Gates technologysquaresbusiness Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other. Bill Gates technologybusinesssuccess The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life. Bill Gates fittechnologyeveryday«1920212223242526272829»
