"Software sucks because users demand it to." — Nathan Myhrvold
"Software sucks because users demand it to."
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115 Quotes by Nathan Myhrvold
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The NeXT purchase is too little too late. The Apple of the past was an innovative company that used software…
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Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container.
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Most decisions are seat-of-the-pants judgments. You can create a rationale for anything. In the end, most decisions are based on…
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The ever-growing size of software applications is what makes Moore's Law possible: 'If we hadn't brought your computer to its…
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I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it…
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I wanted to figure out how long to cook things. I did some experiments and then wrote a program using…
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The NeXT purchase is too little too late. Apple is already dead.
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If I say I've got two versions of Word - that old one from 1982 that's perfect, with zero defects;…
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If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there…
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If you had a really good - battery, it wouldn't matter that the sun goes down at night and the…
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If you have two steaks, one that's an inch thick, one that's 2 inches thick, how much longer does the…
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In market research I did at Microsoft Corp. in the early 1990s, I estimated that the 'Wall Street Journal' took…
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More Demand Quotes
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one of 2,397 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they…
— Richard Armour
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Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
— Red Auerbach
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of…
— Lord Acton
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Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the…
— Honore de Balzac
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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in…
— Honore de Balzac
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Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only…
— Albert Bandura
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Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.
— Daniel Barenboim
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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
— John Adams
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