Adam Osborne on con
Adam Osborne20 quotes“This is the ultimate con game – I’m having fun and people pay me to do it.”
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We can learn from IBM’s successful history that you don’t have to have the best product to become number one.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne Only taking the best evidence available at the present time,
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne People think computers will keep them from making mistakes
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne Money coming in says I’ve made the right marketing decisions
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don’t realize are computers at all.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne There’ll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne The small businessman is smart; he realizes there’s no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne Adequacy is sufficient. All else is superfluous.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne I take what I see work. I’m a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing,
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it’s still a good buy.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne Adequacy is sufficient.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne You can’t learn anything from being perfect.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don’t understand computers.
Adam OsborneAdam Osborne They’re wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
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Donald Trump is a world-class con artist. He conned all these people that signed up for Trump University. Now he’s trying to do the same thing to Republican voters. He’s trying to convince them that somehow he’s the guy that is going to stand up to illegal immigration.
Marco RubioMarco Rubio Florida is not going to vote for a con artist like Donald Trump.
Marco RubioMarco Rubio Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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