“I worked 22 years in the industry, and I noticed that operating systems get cancer with age.” YearsAgeIndustryCancerOperating Systems Author:Jean-Louis Gassee
“If you ask people in the mainstream what they want, they'll say faster and smaller and cheaper. But with that you don't get innovation. If you align yourself with the ball-breaker, high-testosterone crowd, that leads to innovation.” PeopleIfsWantAsksBallsInnovationCrowdsFasterMainstreamCheaperTestosterone Author:Jean-Louis Gassee
“On the Intel platform, Microsoft is the defacto standard. It's the weather.” StandardsWeatherPlatformsMicrosoft Author:Jean-Louis Gassee
“The goal of the computer is to provide people with the means to extend people's minds and bodies. It is an exoskeleton that expands our human reach.” PeopleMindHumansMeanBodyGoalComputerMind And Body Author:Jean-Louis Gassee
“The romance of Silicon Valley was about money - excuse me, about changing the world, one million dollars at a time.” WorldRomanceMillionsDollarsExcuseChanging The WorldValleysMillion DollarsSiliconExcuse MeSilicon Valley Author:Jean-Louis Gassee
“When an idea, a proposition, a cause is presented to me in terms that leave me no alternative but to be for it, because it's all pros and no cons, then I know I'm being conned.” KnowsIdeasCausesTermAlternativesPropositionsLeaving Me Author:Jean-Louis Gassee
“You know the people who have the bumper stickers that say "Windows 95 = Mac '89"? These are the faithful, and I respect their faith, but I would like to respectfully point out that faith is dangerous. Religion kills.” PeopleKnowsDangerousWindowFaithfulMacsBumperStickerBumper Sticker Author:Jean-Louis Gassee
“Any machine that can run a browser is not thin. The browser has to be the thickest application man has ever invented, and it's getting thicker faster than anything ever development by man.” MenRunningDevelopmentMachinesFasterApplicationBrowsers Author:Bill Gates
“Microsoft does not dominate the software industry by any stretch of the imagination. We have lots of very able competitors who keep us constantly vigilant, and sometimes they beat us to the punch. Microsoft's success to date is based solely on the fact that people like Microsoft software.” PeopleDoeSometimesFactsAbleImaginationIndustryBeatsSoftwareCompetitorsMicrosoftVigilant Author:Bill Gates
“Success is a lousy teacher. It makes you think you know what you're doing.” ThinkingKnowsTeacherMake You ThinkYou Think You Know Author:Bill Gates