Bill Gates Quotes

I don't really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple.

Competition's a good thing.

Competition is always good.

Competition has always been good.

There's no question that technology is extraordinarily competitive.

The beauty of this country and what people participate in is the competitive nature that we allow to exist and the fact is that we are better because we have great competitors.

One of the ways that Microsoft beat Apple way back in the day was that they were a lot more open; today, in the world I come from, the free software and open-source world, Microsoft is not generally viewed as open; they're viewed as proprietary.

When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be.

I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.

Oculus is actually more of a software company than it is a hardware company.

The breakup was a good thing. It brought competition into a field where there hadn’t been any competition and that’s the American way. Competition brings down price and brings up quality.

The patent system was established to encourage inventors to disclose the details of their inventions. Its purpose was to help society rather than to help inventors. At the time, the life span of 17 years for a patent was short compared with the rate of advance of the state of the art. Since patents are an issue only among manufacturers, for whom the cost and effort of a license agreement are small compared with setting up production, the patents often do not do much harm. They do not obstruct most individuals who use patented products.

Someone is out there looking to put you out of business. Someone is out there who thinks they have a better idea than you have. A better solution than you have. A better or more efficient product than you have.

Competition is one of the most important drivers of innovation because you have to stay in the race. You have to think of something new, and if you don't, well, of course you should leave the market.

Competition matters.

Mexico is very well positioned in the IT sector, thanks to our closeness to North America and how things are being developed in Silicon Valley.

If you look across the economy, if you have multiple players in an industry, you have more customization, more innovation, greater choice for consumers. The more you have consolidation, the less likely you are to invest in innovation. It becomes all about driving down cost and mass production. And that's not good for innovation in an industry.

People knew about IBM before they knew about Apple. Sometimes it takes a little longer for better to win.

There's always competitors out there, one way or another.

Since its inception, HCL's core focus area has been technology and product development, and hence, we continued to remain in the high end of technology throughout the '90s.

If Dell's going to be a fast follower, then we'll continue to innovate.

Honestly, we’ll compete with everybody. I love competition. As long as people invent their own stuff, I love competition.

Software is the magic thing whose importance only goes up over time.

Free markets select for winning solutions.

In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.