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Any nitwit can understand computers, and many do.


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The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.



Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry

Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry



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Any fool can use a computer. Many do.



So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.

So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.



I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.

I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.



Let me introduce the word 'hypertext' to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper.

Let me introduce the word 'hypertext' to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper.



If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.

If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.



History is fractal. The closer you look, the more complicated, yet always repeating patterns.

History is fractal. The closer you look, the more complicated, yet always repeating patterns.



The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.

The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.



The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.

The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.





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