A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard.
–Peter H. Salus, Ph.D.

One reason I love e-mail is that I love the carefully chosen word. But there also an immediacy to being online that’s great… You get your messages when you want to, not when someone calls… When you write a letter, it’s your stationery, your typeface, your stamp. But when it’s e-mail, your words come up on my screen — in the color I’ve chosen, in plain text, in the place where I’ve seen my most private thoughts. A lot of people talk about virtual sex online, but I find e-mail itself has an intimacy that’s very seductive.
— Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller

“I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone”
–Bjarne Stronstrup (originator of C++ programming language)