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.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

我不是那种会让对名声的爱减少的人。

I don’t want to be remembered. I want to be alive.

The best advice I can give anybody is to stay humble and work hard.