“If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.”
— Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine
“If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.”
— Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine
Unless it was an open-source Rolls Royce, in which case it would get five million miles per gallon, cost nothing, and work perfectly forever…
Very nice addition to the list.
Then get sued by SCO.
The other great quote, from a software exec (I can’t remember his name) was:
“What we have basically accomplished with the computer revolution is, at great expense, to turn highly-paid executives into incompetent clerk-typists.”
Unless it was a Mac, then it would cost $125, get a million miles per gallon while getting there faster, be a lot more fun to drive, and never explode. :)
“Unless it was a Mac, then it would cost $125, get a million miles per gallon while getting there faster, be a lot more fun to drive, and never explode,”…
, but would only drive on 5% of roads and require gas not available at most stations.