"We can learn from IBM's successful history that……" — Adam Osborne
"We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good product."
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14 Quotes by Adam Osborne
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- Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions
- Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.
- I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.
- The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.
- With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
- The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't…
- I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the…
- Adequacy is sufficient.
- There'll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people.
- This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
- People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
- The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go…
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