Vinton Cerf

There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#floating #maxim #old #persist #says

Yet we still see continuous reports of bugs. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#continuous #reports #see #still #yet

Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#although #career #changes #extremely #had

But what we all have to learn is that we can't do everything ourselves. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#learn #ourselves

First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#areas #burned #business #business sense #capitalists

I expect to see a lot of household appliances on the Net by 2010, as well as autos and other mobile devices. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#autos #devices #expect #household #i

I was very nervous about going up to teach at Stanford and very nervous even about going to ARPA. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#even #going #i #nervous #stanford

I'm projecting somewhere between 100 million and 200 million computers on the Net by the end of December 2000, and about 300 million users by that same time. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#between #computers #december #end #i

In a small company, you often see a lot more of what goes on in a broader range of things. And that's good. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#company #goes #good #lot #more

At some point, you can't lift this boulder with just your own strength. And if you find that you need to move bigger and bigger boulders up hills, you will need more and more help. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#boulder #find #help #hills #just