RE: Bill Gates, 1983: "We will never make a 32-bit operating system."
I have to admire a guy that makes a mental mistake (or rather, limits himself, as in this case), and then goes full-on to prove himself wrong.
I think if you were to look at quotes of people who failed, you would see shortsighted statements like these, with the huge difference that they never changed their minds. They held their ground all the way down to failure (Sun comes to mind, there are countless others).
So I see these statements here as badges of honor of these greatly successful people. It takes a big man to say something and hold your ground, but it takes an even bigger man to recognize you were wrong and then pursue a course of action that contradicts what you used to think. Not only that, but with the conviction that they have. Cool quotes.
PS: And let him who has never guessed wrong cast the first stone.
PS2: The Linus quote about masturbating monkeys made me spit out my coffee :-)
The list has a BIT of bias against Gates. Jobs gets to be humorous and bright and dead-on. Linus gets to be hilarious and geeky. Bill Gates gets to be evil and dead wrong.
Yes, I read that too. There are some pretty classic Gates quotes, but many weren't on there. My favorite: "Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."
I have to admire a guy that makes a mental mistake (or rather, limits himself, as in this case), and then goes full-on to prove himself wrong.
I think if you were to look at quotes of people who failed, you would see shortsighted statements like these, with the huge difference that they never changed their minds. They held their ground all the way down to failure (Sun comes to mind, there are countless others).
So I see these statements here as badges of honor of these greatly successful people. It takes a big man to say something and hold your ground, but it takes an even bigger man to recognize you were wrong and then pursue a course of action that contradicts what you used to think. Not only that, but with the conviction that they have. Cool quotes.
PS: And let him who has never guessed wrong cast the first stone.
PS2: The Linus quote about masturbating monkeys made me spit out my coffee :-)