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.

Quote by Bill Gates

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Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned...

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned...

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...

Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly' Their best approach, so...

Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly' Their best approach, so...

We bet the company on Windows and we deserve to benefit. It was a risk...

We bet the company on Windows and we deserve to benefit. It was a risk...

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...

Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put 3-man years...

Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put 3-man years...

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully...

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully...

Everyone who has been in this industry has had a chance to participate in something...

Everyone who has been in this industry has had a chance to participate in something...

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons....

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons....

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't...

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't...

We are seeing pioneers moving out to the Internet, banks that are taking transactions, retail...

We are seeing pioneers moving out to the Internet, banks that are taking transactions, retail...

In most companies, you don't get too much mail where people are saying, 'Hey, we...

In most companies, you don't get too much mail where people are saying, 'Hey, we...

The digital decade is not just about any particular aspect of computing, taking enterprises, knowledge...

The digital decade is not just about any particular aspect of computing, taking enterprises, knowledge...

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 you get health, then you have opportunity for literacy. Health first, then literacy. Once...

If you get health, then you have opportunity for literacy. Health first, then literacy. Once...

When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.

When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.

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...

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a...

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem...

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem...