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

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.

What's kept Java from being used as widely as possible is there hasn't been an Open Source implementation of it that's gotten really widespread use.

The bottom line is that our kids deserve a brighter future. They deserve an opportunity to attend college, regardless of their wealth or class. And our economy needs an educated work force that can compete in the global race for jobs.

I have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.

I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer feeds you artistically.

Some of my colleagues are unwilling to vote for any Dodd-Frank reforms, partly out of the political fear that any reforms will be seen as reducing regulations on the financial sector.