65 Quotes by Scott McNealy


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

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    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.

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    The utility model of computing – computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today – makes more sense than ever.

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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?

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

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