I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who is going to build.

Once the business data have been centralized and integrated, the value of the database is greater than the sum of the preexisting parts.

So what makes me happy? I was really happy to build this house. That's it; building things. The trouble with software is that it's very hard to show your aunt in Florida what you've done.

Taking care of your employees is extremely important, and very, very visible.

You have to take a broader view and realize this is an industry like any other - telecoms, Railroads; they went through consolidation. Why shouldn't the computer industry be any different? This shouldn't have been a surprise to anybody but it seemed to be, and a lot of people thought I was nuts when I said these things. And that's why they are alone as a consolidator.

If I see Danny Hillis quoted as an expert on MPP one more time, I'm going to puke.