21 Quotes by Anita Borg

If we want technology to serve society rather than enslave it, we have to build systems accessible to all people - be they male or female, young, old, disabled, computer wizards or technophobes.

Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global 'community of women in computer science' did not exist.

If women want to ensure themselves a meaningful place in the future, they need to be among those determining how the technology will be used. They need to be among those deciding whether it will be the great leveler or simply serve to worsen social divisions.

We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives.

It doesn't help to just get women's opinions and then turn them over to an all-white-male engineering team.

Women will change the corporation more than we expect.

None of these devices address that women keep track of many people's lives, not just their own.

The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place.

Women are starting something like twice as many companies as men, but the money is primarily going to companies started by men.