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 best way to predict the future is to invent it.
金融市场通常是不可预测的。所以人们需要有各种不同的情景……认为你实际上可以预测将要发生的事情的想法与我对市场的看法相矛盾。
The complexity of things—the things within things—just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.
如果战斗不可避免,先发制人。