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Once IBM gains control of a market sector, they almost always stop innovation. They prevent innovation from happening.
Steve Jobs
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Like IBM, the company [Microsoft] seems to have been spooked by the federal antitrust action against it and became increasingly sclerotic and less inventive.
Stephen Manes
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Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, and we did it.
Ken Thompson
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People who feared IBM were wrong, ... Technology is ever-changing.
Bill Gates
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We depend on you to do the right thing; right for both you and the company. It is no exaggeration to say that IBM's reputation is in your hands.
Buck Rodgers
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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. You don't even have to have a good product.
Adam Osborne
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The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership.
Lou Gerstner
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Mark my words, there will be a day that will come when you will all see many, many documents that will directly contradict IBM's current public posturing.
Darl McBride
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Even IBM can't stand in the way of progress... for more than a decade.
Craig Reucassel