“In fact, my main conclusion after spending ten years of my life working on the TEX project is that software is hard. It's harder than anything else I've ever had to do.” YearsHardFactsTenProjectsHarderSpendingConclusionSoftware Author:Donald Knuth
“When you look at February's (2011) deficit spending alone, and the fact that it was larger than what our total deficit spending was in 2007, the proposals that the Senate is sending us simply are ridiculous, because it's not even a solution. It doesn't address the amount of spending that we have in a week's time. We need to get serious.” NeedsLooksFactsWeekSeriousAmountSolutionsSpendingRidiculousAddressesSenateDeficitProposalFebruaryDeficit Spending Author:Kristi Noem
“In the long run, though, the greatest IT risk facing most companies is more prosaic than a catastrophe. It is, simply, overspending. IT may be a commodity, and its costs may fall rapidly enough to ensure that any new capabilities are quickly shared, but the very fact that it is entwined with so many business functions means that it will continue to consume a large portion of corporate spending.” MayMeanLongEnoughFactsRunningFallCompanyRiskCostFunctionSpendingCorporateCapabilityPortionsLong RunsCommodityCatastropheEntwinedOverspending Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“The fact that we're spending $700 billion a year on oil is actually a good thing; it means we have the prosperity to do it. It means that oil's being used, and oil is the fuel for the engine of freedom.” YearsMeanFactsUsedGood ThingsProsperitySpendingOilBillionsLiberalismFuelEngines Author:Rush Limbaugh