I believe in the power of teamwork. No one can do it alone.

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. The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

The most profound insights in mathematics often come from unexpected analogies.

不要让那些混蛋把你磨垮。

写作是一种勇气之举——你必须愿意暴露自己最深层的想法。