“Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?” InspirationalGivingChildrenDoeMotivationalEducationTeacherTaughtDemandSoftwareLicenseAlphabetFeesLicensing Author:William Gibson
“If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this is the end of innovation.” IfsInspirationalEndsPiecesWindowInnovationCopiesSoftwareInnovativeMicrosoft Author:Larry Ellison
“We will still be enormously profitable and by far the most profitable enterprise software company.” InspirationalStillsCompanyEnterpriseSoftwareProfitableSoftware Company Author:Larry Ellison
“So what makes me happy? I was really happy to build this house. That's it; building things. The trouble with software is that it's very hard to show your aunt in Florida what you've done.” InspirationalHardDoneShowsHouseTroubleBuildingSoftwareFloridaAuntMake Me HappyReally HappyBuilding Things Author:Larry Ellison
“Because software is all about scale. The larger you are, the more profitable you are. If we sell twice as much as software, it doesn't cost us twice as much to build that software. So the more customers you have, the more scale you have. The larger you are, the more profitable you are.” IfsInspirationalCostSellsCustomersScalesSoftwareProfitable Author:Larry Ellison