Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.
If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important. - Nathan Myhrvold
If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
- Nathan Myhrvold
The NeXT purchase is too little too late. Apple is already dead. - Nathan Myhrvold
The NeXT purchase is too little too late. Apple is already dead.
Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, statistically speaking, an excellent prediction. - Nathan Myhrvold
Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, statistically speaking, an excellent prediction.
Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works. - Nathan Myhrvold
Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.
Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container. - Nathan Myhrvold
Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container.
It is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do. - Nathan Myhrvold
It is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do.
Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional … - Nathan Myhrvold
Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional …
Software sucks because users demand it to. - Nathan Myhrvold
Software sucks because users demand it to.
Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways. - Nathan Myhrvold
Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.
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