Occupation: Author Birth: March 6, 1939 Death: March 18, 2003
People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster..
Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon..
With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy..
The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich..
There'll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people..
I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the presen….
Adequacy is sufficient..
We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good prod….
This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it..
Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions.
The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers..
Adequacy is sufficient. All else is superfluous..
The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect..
I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need..
The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all..