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| Larry Ellison |
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| "Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build." |
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| Edsger Dijkstra |
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| "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." |
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| Louis Gerstner |
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| "Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding." |
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| Pablo Picasso |
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| "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." |
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| Andy Rooney |
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| "Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done." |
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| Nicholas Negroponte |
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| "Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living." |
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| Clifford Stoll |
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| "Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom." |
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| Doug Larson |
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| "Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog." |
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| Dave Barry |
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| "I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer." |
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| Isaac Asimov |
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| "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." |
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| Stephen Hawking |
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| "I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image." |
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| Bill Gates |
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| "I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user." |
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| Steve Wozniak |
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| "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window." |
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| Douglas Engelbart |
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| "The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing." |
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| Ted Nelson |
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| "The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." |
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