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.

Innovation without practicality is just noise—farmers need real solutions.

创造建筑就是建立秩序。建立什么秩序？功能和物体。

生活中唯一真正的失败是不忠于自己所知道的最好。

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not to answer them.

没有人能代替孩子的成长。