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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This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going...

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going...

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...

DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.

DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.

Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have...

Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have...

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in...

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in...

We should set a national goal of making computers and Internet access available for every...

We should set a national goal of making computers and Internet access available for every...

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...

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all...

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all...

Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can...

Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can...

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you...

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you...

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

Kids are taking PCs and the Internet to new heights. They're the ones that are...

Kids are taking PCs and the Internet to new heights. They're the ones that are...

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...

I find golf very relaxing.it's a way to get away from work and get outside....

I find golf very relaxing.it's a way to get away from work and get outside....

I see a lot of change, a lot of opportunity. We're not just talking about...

I see a lot of change, a lot of opportunity. We're not just talking about...

If you give people tools, [and they use] their natural ability and their curiosity, they...

If you give people tools, [and they use] their natural ability and their curiosity, they...

We decided that we wanted our developers to come with clear minds, not polluted by...

We decided that we wanted our developers to come with clear minds, not polluted by...

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software,...

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software,...

Class in society is determined by voice

Class in society is determined by voice

Software will never replace the Koran.

Software will never replace the Koran.