#philanthropy

“I laid out memory so the bottom 640 K was general purpose RAM and the upper 384 I reserved for video and ROM , and things like that. That is why they talk about the 640 K limit. It is actually a limit, not of the software, in any way, shape, or form, it is the limit of the microprocessor. That thing generates addresses, 20”

“Challenges and Strategy”

“I have to say that in 1981, making those decisions, I felt like I was providing enough freedom for 10 years. That is, a move from 64 K to 640 K felt like something that would last a great deal of time. Well, it didn't”

“There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written. Interview with Electronics magazine”

“I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. OS/2 Programmers Guide , November 1987”

“Windows 1.0 is borrowed from Macintosh 128K”

“The next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh, not the IBM PC. BusinessWeek, 26 November 1984”

“To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination”

“Instead of buying airplanes and playing around like some of our competitors, we've rolled almost everything back into the company. Comment to reporters during the IBM PC launch (1981), interpreted as a jab at Gary Kildall”

“It's not manufacturers trying to rip anybody off or anything like that. There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of. Interview with Dennis Bathory”