The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

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I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of...

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of...

I feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way...

I feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way...

Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of...

Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of...

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of...

It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've...

It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've...

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think...

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think...

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all...

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all...

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions...

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions...

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

The message that personal computers can do neat things, that software is great stuff, that...

The message that personal computers can do neat things, that software is great stuff, that...

The vision is really that in the information age the microprocessor-based machine, the PC, along...

The vision is really that in the information age the microprocessor-based machine, the PC, along...

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to...

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to...

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of...

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of...

We're changing the world with technology.

We're changing the world with technology.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating...

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating...

Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In...

Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends

Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends