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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
Alan Perlis on computers

I just became one with my browser software.
Bill Griffith on computers

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.
Clifford Stoll on computers

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.
Wietse Venema on computers

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
Jef Raskin on computers

I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.
Bill Budge on computers

The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.
Eugene Jarvis on computers

Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.
Miguel de Icaza on computers

Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water.
Nicholas Negroponte on computers

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.
Ken Olsen on computers

To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul R. Ehrlich on computers

Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on!
Jonathan Shapiro on computers

You can't trust the internet.
Nicolette Sheridan on computers

I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.
George Stephen on computers

The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.
Jim Clark on computers

Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.
Issey Miyake on computers

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.
Larry Ellison on computers

I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing you're screwed'.
Bruce Schneier on computers

Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.
Bob Taft on computers

The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.
Adam Osborne on computers