Bill Gates Quotes

One of my bosses happened to be one of the early architects of some of the ways Internet providers work. He taught me how the cables connect, how the telecom providers work... I learned how to make my own Ethernet cables, all the way up to running a small business.

They went back there, looked at all the computers, asked me to come in and tell them what all the computers were for specifically so they knew how to dismantle the network I had been running.

I'm not an economist; I'm a hacker who has spent his career exploring and repairing large networks.

It doesn't matter if it's a wireless or wired network. I think network management can be introduced that is equally sensible.

I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet.

Any time you build a network, you have to help users find their friends.

Technology is like water; it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use - not only text or media but processing power too - will be located remotely.

I am instinctively a network infrastructure plumber.

We covered every major segment of this broadband communications world.

Nobody should have to be a systems integrator to make a convergence network work in their home.

I love my DSL, but I love my WiFi more. And I probably get on the Internet 40 percent to 50 percent more because of the combination of those technologies.

I myself feel that it is very important that my ISP supplies internet to my house like the water company supplies water to my house. It supplies connectivity with no strings attached.

5G is no longer just a buzzword.

When you live in a networked environment, it's possible to separate data from applications.

BlackBerry required tethering for some routine operations, and for many, the only way to integrate corporate mail was to keep a PC running all the time.

The last time when I handed over information was in February or March 1949.

Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

The Internet is a testament to a connected system that works - it's a global network where any computer can reach another, and easily transfer information across.

The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people - as remarkable as the telephone.

There's nothing special about wireless networks except that wireless capacity is sometimes less than what you can get, for example, from optical fiber.

The Internet is literally a network of networks.

What makes a great standalone piece of hardware is not the same thing as what makes a great networking device. One can work as an essentially closed system. The other is absolutely dependent on its openness.

The first commercial routers came out about 1986, and services came in 1987.

I really enjoy computer networking.

Google has helped raise the importance of DNS above the network engineering community, which has been really good.