“As the web becomes more and more of a part of our every day lives, it would be a horrible tragedy if it was locked up inside of companies and proprietary software.” IfsWould BeCompanyTragedyHorribleSoftwareLockedLocked UpDay Life Author:Matt Mullenweg
“Watching nonprogrammers trying to run software companies is like watching someone who doesn’t know how to surf trying to surf. Even if he has great advisers standing on the shore telling him what to do, he still falls off the board again and again.” IfsKnowsTryingStillsRunningFallCompanyKnow HowStandingBoardsShoreSoftwareAgain And AgainSurfAdviserSoftware Company Author:Joel Spolsky
“We had the hardware expertise, the industrial design expertise and the software expertise, including iTunes. One of the biggest insights we have was that we decided not to try to manage your music library on the iPod, but to manage it in iTunes. Other companies tried to do everything on the device itself and made it so complicated that it was useless.” TryingMadeCompanyDesignDecidedLibraryIncludingInsightComplicatedManageMade ItUselessDevicesSoftwareExpertiseIpodsHardwareItunesIndustrial Design Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“Only drug dealers and software companies call their customers 'users'” CompanyDrugCustomersSoftwareUsersDealerDrug DealersSoftware Company Author:Edward Tufte
“My opinion is that the only two computer companies that are software-driven are Apple and NeXT, and I wonder about Apple.” TwoNextCompanyWonderOpinionComputerDrivenApplesSoftware Author:Steve Jobs
“Imagine the disincentive to software development if after months of work another company could come along and copy your work and market it under its own name...without legal restraints to such copying, companies like Apple could not afford to advance the state of the art.” IfsArtStatesNamesCompanyImagineMonthsDevelopmentComputerApplesCopiesSoftwareRestraintCopyingSoftware Development Author:Bill Gates
“We didn't really start the company to go build an enterprise software company.” CompanyBuildingEnterpriseSoftwareSoftware Company Author:Aaron Levie
“If there could've ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.” IfsCompanyBuildingEnterpriseSoftwareSoftware Company Author:Aaron Levie
“We will still be enormously profitable and by far the most profitable enterprise software company.” InspirationalStillsCompanyEnterpriseSoftwareProfitableSoftware Company Author:Larry Ellison
“Authority never matches responsibility. That's one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority. Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That's true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.” KnowsMeanPersonsWarWinningIndividualLevelsResponsibilityCompanyMilitaryBuildingSucceedAuthorityCreatingMythAll TimeManagersFirmHeatGiantsDelusionPerformersSoftwareInitiativeFormalEffectivenessManufacturingSoftware Company Author:Tom Peters
“Yes, virus companies are playing on your fears to try to sell you bs protection software for Android, RIM and IOS. They are charlatans and scammers. IF you work for a company selling virus protection for android, rim or IOS you should be ashamed of yourself.” IfsShouldTryingCompanySellsProtectionSellingAshamedSoftwareVirusesRimsCharlatansAndroidsIos Author:Chris DiBona
“Here's the secret that every successful software company is based on: You can domesticate programmers the way beekeepers tame bees. You can't exactly communicate with them, but you can get them to swarm in one place and when they're not looking, you can carry off the honey.” WaySecretCompanySuccessfulCommunicateSoftwareHoneyBeesProgrammersSwarmsSoftware Company Author:Orson Scott Card
“I'm the founder of the McAfee Anti-Virus Software Company. Although I have had nothing to do with this company for over 15 years, I still get volumes of mail asking 'how do I uninstall this software'. I have no idea.” YearsStillsIdeasCompanyAskingNo IdeaSoftwareMailFoundersVolumeVirusesSoftware Company Author:John McAfee
“Companies made these decisions about encryption when they were finding it very difficult to sell their products overseas because the [Edward] Snowden disclosures created the impression that the U.S. government was inside this hardware and software produced by them. They needed to do something to deal with the perception.” MadeGovernmentDifficultDecisionDealsCompanyProductsNeededFindingsPerceptionSellsImpressionSoftwareHardwareDisclosureSnowdenEncryption Author:Michael Morell
“While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible. Once a company that produces a certain product goes out of business, it has no simple way to uncover how its product encoded data. The code is thus lost, and the software is inaccessible. Knowledge has been destroyed.” WayHas BeensStillsUsedCertainLostSimpleCompanyCreativeCenturyProduceProductsProgramDestroyedDataCodeSoftwareCreative WorkInaccessibleSimple Ways Author:Lawrence Lessig