Quotes by Scott McNealy

“Computers shouldnt be unusable. You dont need to know how to work a telephone switch to make a phone call, or how to use the Hoover Dam to take a shower, or how to work a nuclear-power plant to turn on the lights.”

“Get the best people and train them well.”

“Probably the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age. [About Bill Gates]”

“You already have zero privacy - get over it”

“The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever.”

“If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.”

“I cant figure the stock market out. I think its wacky. I have done well with a long-term strategy and will continue being a long-term investor.”

“Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.”

“We are going to take the hit and basically you are going to get the Oracle database license for free with one years support. The bigger the machine, the cooler this gets.”

“In 1982, we were just a group of young guys who believed The Network is the Computer. Today, Im proud to say this principle still guides Suns business and is driving many of todays prominent innovations, trends and business models. Its great to be back on stage with this group of big minds and talk about the history and evolution of Silicon Valley, the future of the network, and what this all means as we enter a new age of participation on the global network.”

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

Get the best people and train them well.

The only thing that Id rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the right to speak it.