August 15, 2007 By 19 Comments

10 Software Quotes from 6 Titans of Software

Love them or hate them, these figures have changed, created, and re-booted the software industry we all live and breath in.  Bill made it profitable, Steve made it sexy, Larry gave us Larry, Google boys made it searchable, and Marc killed the desktop.  The one common denominator between all of these visionaries is extremely clear.  Passion! 

There is something to be learned from every one of them!

Bill Gates – Co-Founder and Chairman – Microsoft
Bill Gates

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”

“Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.”

www.microsoft.com

Steve Jobs – Co-Founder and CEO – Apple
Steve Jobs
  • “A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

  • “We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.”
  • www.apple.com

Larry Ellison – Founder and CEO – Oracle
Larry Ellison

“You have to act, and act now!”

 

“When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts. “

www.oracle.com

 

Larry Page – Co-Founder – Google
Larry Page

“We have a mantra: don’t be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone. So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing.”

“If you have a product that’s really gaining a lot of usage, then it’s probably a good idea.”

www.google.com

Sergey Brin – Co-Founder – Google
Sergey Brin

“We believed we could build a better search. We had a simple idea, that not all pages are created equal. Some are more important.”

www.google.com

Marc Benioff – Founder and CEO – Salesforce.com
Marc Benioff

“Always pitch the bigger picture. Salesforce.com was about “the end of software,” not customer relationship management software or software as a service.”

www.salesforce.com
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