"Security is, I would say, our top..." - Quote by Bill Gates
Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.
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“Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.”
“Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out.”
“Innovation is often the hidden thing, because we can't put numbers to it. And yet it's the thing that defines the way we live, the things we'd like to have for everyone whether it's health or education.”
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“Many persons think that by hoarding money they are gaining safety for themselves. If money is your only hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. Without these qualities, money is practically useless. The security even of money depends on knowledge, experience, and ability. If productive ideas are displaced by destructive ideas, economic life suffers.”
“The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.”
“There is no security in life, only opportunity.”
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“The globe is shrinking, the information age is bringing a lot of changes. People are anxious about their future and their children's futures.”
“I'm going to insist on making sure that we've got decent funding, that we've got enough teachers, that we've got computers in the classroom, but unless you turn off the television set and get over a certain anti-intellectualism that I think pervades some low-income communities, our children are not going to achieve.”
“SPAM is taking e-mail, which is a wonderful tool, and exploiting the idea that it's very inexpensive to send mail.”