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.

There are no shortcuts in technology, only continuous accumulation and breakthroughs.

每一幅画都是一次旅程，你永远不知道它会带你去哪里。

我已经失去我的生命中不死的一部分，留下来的也就跟畜生没有分别了。

夸夸其谈者通常要比身体力行者显得更加语有伦次，因为话语才是他们的专长。

I don’t want to be a star. I want to be a human.

心怀大志，努力工作。