The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.

量子力学的本质在于它迫使我们放弃经典的因果性理想。

To understand the cosmos is to understand ourselves, for we are made of the same stardust that forms the stars.

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.