It was a joke, okay? If we thought it would actually be used, we wouldn't have written it!

On the back end, software programming tools and Internet-based services make it easy to launch new global software-powered start-ups in many industries - without the need to invest in new infrastructure and train new employees.

In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the Internet, every moment of every day.

If you're unhappy, you should change what you're doing.

When I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War.

The most important thing is to get on the right horse.

If the Net becomes the center of the universe, which is what seems to be happening, then the dizzying array of machines that will be plugged into it will virtually guarantee that the specifics of which chip and which operating system you've got will be irrelevant.