If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.
There are two great fictional TV series about technology and the computer industry that each have now had three seasons. The one everyone knows about is 'Silicon Valley.' The lesser-known one is 'Halt and Catch Fire.'
The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer revolution didn't explode until the first Macintosh arrived, with its point-and-click simplicity.
Look at the computer industry. I've watched a lot of companies come and go, some that were right at the pinnacle of their success.
I see a bright future for the biotechnology industry when it follows the path of the computer industry, the path that von Neumann failed to foresee, becoming small and domesticated rather than big and centralized.
Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want these little toys on their desk.
The computer industry is creatively bankrupt.
In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point.
The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion.
If more women want to be a part of the computer industry today, they have to do more to put themselves there. Nobody is keeping them out.
