Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development.

One of the biggest challenges facing the globe is the gap that exists in the wealth and standards of living enjoyed by the world's nations.

No one wants one language. There are applications when it's appropriate to write something in C rather than in Java. If you want to write something where performance is much more important than extensibility, then you might want to choose C rather than Java.

There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.

The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.

Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally. That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world.

If you are a manufacturer, an Internet company doesn't suit you. An Internet company does not display your product; it can't upsell. But we do a better job than any of the opposition.

My life project is humanizing technology: making technology more real and bringing it back into human interactions.