Sun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language. ALAN KAY FirstJavaLanguageMakeMicrosystem
Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal – a sort of ‘voting’ situation. ALAN KAY BeforeFewNormaSomethingSort
And to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to. ALAN KAY ExtentKnownProbablyViolateWay
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. ALAN KAY ComputerExploitLanguageLikeProteanSuch
If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place. ALAN KAY ChanceFixJavaMoreMuchPleasantPros
In computers, every ‘new explosion’ was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently. ALAN KAY ComputerDifferentlyExplosionOffProgramSetSoftwareUnder
Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS. ALAN KAY ComputeDosJavaMicrosoftMostSinceThing