Scott McNealy Technology Quotations

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

The technology industry is consolidating. People are trying to figure out who the winners are and who the losers are.

As we move into large servers with thin clients, these large servers require powerful and high-speed open storage systems. Encore has great technology there,

Internet technology spending is highly effective in driving productivity. Companies know that if they hold back now, their competitors are going to get in and invest, and these companies will end up as the high-cost producers. They can't afford that,

It's absolutely stifling what Microsoft does when they acquire a little company and bundle that technology into Windows and eliminate all further innovation outside of Microsoft, in that particular area.

Technology has the shelf life of a banana.

The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English. Then I'd be able to charge you an upgrade fee every time I add new letters like N and T.

Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too.

This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment.

When computers (people) are networked, their power multiplies geometrically. Not only can people share all that information inside their machines, but they can reach out and instantly tap the power of other machines (people), essentially making the entire network their computer.