At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, 'If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
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The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he, by peddling second-rate technology, who led them into it in the first place.
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640K ought to be enough for anybody.
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The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.
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Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning
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The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency
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It's been said that Bill Gates has come up with something that'll be released in December that's gonna put a lid on counterfeiting. If that's a fact then it's really interesting to own your own product - with all the potential methods of downloading.
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I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a binary fashion
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Often you have to rely on intuition.
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We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.
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Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose
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In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone
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Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
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Today, you always know whether you are on the Internet or on your PC's hard drive. Tomorrow, you will not care and may not even know
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We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten
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Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world.
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As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others
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Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
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Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.
Technology
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning
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