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title: "1 Apple Google Quotes By Robert X. Cringely"
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> [Apple and Google will compete like crazy for our data because once they have it we'll be their customers forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/apple-and-google-will-compete-like-crazy-for-our-data-because-once/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

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## More by Robert X. Cringely

> [The companies that can afford to do basic research (and can't afford not to) are ones that dominate their markets. ... It's cheap insurance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/the-companies-that-can-afford-to-do-basic-research-and-can-t-afford/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [Apple isn't the next Microsoft, you see. Apple is not the next anything because the role it aspires to transcends anything imaginable by Microsoft,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/apple-isn-t-the-next-microsoft-you-see-apple-is-not-the-next-anything/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [Hewlett Packard at one point had only three private offices. One belonged to Hewlett, one to Packard, and the third to a guy named…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/hewlett-packard-at-one-point-had-only-three-private-offices-one/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [What you have to watch out for are the theories that claim to be infallible. Because the only way their believers can win is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/what-you-have-to-watch-out-for-are-the-theories-that-claim-to-be/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [There is a fantasy in Redmond that Microsoft products are innovative, but this is based entirely on a peculiar confusion of the words "innovative"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/there-is-a-fantasy-in-redmond-that-microsoft-products-are-innovative/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [Apple and Google will compete like crazy for our data because once they have it we'll be their customers forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/apple-and-google-will-compete-like-crazy-for-our-data-because-once/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [“In 1979, for example, Microsoft gave Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. the right to buy any Microsoft product for $50 per copy, until the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/in-1979-for-example-microsoft-gave-boeing-commercial-airplane-co-the/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [The simple rule about weapons is that if thery can be built, they will be built.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/the-simple-rule-about-weapons-is-that-if-thery-can-be-built-they-will/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [“There are lots of people who aren't going to like this book, whether they are into morals or not. I figure there are three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/there-are-lots-of-people-who-aren-t-going-to-like-this-book-whether/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [For every hour of brains, you will be charged three hours. The other two hours go to management and project management, which is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/for-every-hour-of-brains-you-will-be-charged-three-hours-the-other/)

[Robert X. Cringely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-x-cringely/)

> [If you ask someone whether our Constitutional rights are being flushed down the porcelain oubliette, and their response is, "If I answer that honestly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/if-you-ask-someone-whether-our-constitutional-rights-are-being/)

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> [More proof that trusting the Feds to protect our information is like hiring Homer Simpson to guard the donuts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/more-proof-that-trusting-the-feds-to-protect-our-information-is-like/)

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> [“There is an enormous difference between starting a company and running one. Thinking up great ideas, which requires mainly intelligence and knowledge, is much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-x-cringely/there-is-an-enormous-difference-between-starting-a-company-and/)

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