The message that personal computers can do neat things, that software is great stuff, that there's an exciting opportunity here and Microsoft is involved in it, that's a worthwhile message for Microsoft to get out

We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch

It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet barely investigated

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited

We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where everything is done democratically, where we have an informed electorate and accountable officials. To do that we get computers to talk with each other in such a way as to promote that ideal

Most computer users don't think about backing up their software until the day they lose it

There's an old story about the person who wished his computer was as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer down. the right season for that play, the right historical moment, the right tonality

Computers are useless

The first time I heard the expression ‘public domain software’ I thought it referred to a woman of loose morals