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.

You know, development sometimes is viewed as a project in which you give people things and nothing much happens, which is perfectly valid, but if you just focus on that, then you'd also have to say that venture capital is pretty stupid, too. Its hit rate is pathetic. But occasionally, you get successes, you fund a Google or something, and suddenly venture capital is vaunted as the most amazing field of all time. Our hit rate in development is better than theirs, but we should strive to make it better.

Perhaps I should be flattered that somebody imagines the name is worth so much, especially since my parents gave me the same name 42 years ago for free.

I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

There was a magical breakthrough when the computer became cheap and we could see that everyone could afford a computer.

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.