#compute

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.' ↗

— Peter Drucker

#clerks #companies #computers #employment #even

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#communications #costs #e-mail #eliminated #information

The computer would do anything you programmed it to do. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#computer #programmed #would #you

Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#attack #back #coming #computer #example

This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#computer #i #i am #intended #interest

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

— Wietse Venema

#cause #due #either #fail #i

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build. ↗

— Larry Ellison

#bill #bill gates #build #computer #computer industry

Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#because #believe #humans #i #i believe

During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#arrived #computer #during #first #first time

Clearly, if we'd had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex than flat planes of light and color. ↗

— Douglas Trumbull

#clearly #color #complex #computer #flat