Mitch Kapor Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The critical thing in developing software is not the program, it's the design. It is translating understanding of user needs into something that can be realized as a computer program.”

“There's an admirable belief about the virtues of meritocracy - that the best ideas prove the best results. It's a wrong and misguided belief by well-intentioned people.”

“When new technology in the classroom starts happening, some people get very excited and think of it as a panacea. It attracts very high amounts of money; it raises expectations, and those expectations aren't met.”

“When regulations restricting competition are relaxed, nobody's market share is protected. If telephone companies can offer video programming, cable revenue will surely drop.”

“Before I started a company, I was an employee with a bad attitude. I was always felt like, bosses are stupid, and people weren't well treated.”

“Beware angel investors: they can be disruptive.”

“Both VisiCalc and MultiPlan were available when the IBM PC shipped in October 1981. 1-2-3 didn't hit the market until January 1983.”

“Bulletin boards are sort of the garage bands of cyberspace.”

“Computers ought to help people find their own best path through lots of textual information.”

“E-mail is a victim of its own success.”