As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984.
ALAN KAYSun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language.
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I made up the term “object-oriented,” and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
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Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones.
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Sun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language.
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By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books.
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Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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School is basically about one point of view – the one the teacher has or the textbooks have.
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Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.
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Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.
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The biggest problem we have as human beings is that we confuse our beliefs with reality.
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Technology is anything invented after you were born, everything else is just stuff.
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Bad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can’t criticize anything.
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Any medium powerful enough to extend man’s reach is powerful enough to topple his world.
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Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors–is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling.
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A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points
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I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
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