Scott McNealy Quotes

I can't figure the stock market out. I think it's wacky. I have done well with a long-term strategy and will continue being a long-term investor.

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.

When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment.

Technology has the shelf life of a banana.

If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy.

We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch.

Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too.

The best decision is the right decision. The next best decision is the wrong decision. The worst decision is no decision.

Who cares who's captain after the wings have fallen off.

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.

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.

If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.

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?

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

In a world without fences, who needs Gates?

Putting Windows [3.11] on top of DOS is like putting whipped cream on a road apple [horse poop].

This Windows 95 hairball has become so big, so unmanageable, so hard to use, so hard to configure, so hard to keep up and running, so hard to keep secure. Windows 95 is a great gift to give your kid this Christmas because it will keep your kid fascinated for months trying to get it up and running and trying to figure out how to use it.

Yes, we have a dress code. You have to dress.

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.

This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment.

Without choice, you have no innovation. Without innovation, you have nothing.

Get the best people and train them well.