Sublime

Kevin Harvey took the view that Red Hat could avoid a frontal challenge to Microsoft’s business model; he worked to reposition the company away from the business of selling packaged software in boxes (Harvey’s old business) and move it toward providing support services and a central website for the Linux community. The only way Microsoft could comp

In high tech, the good news is that, although we lose our companies with alarming frequency, we keep the people along with the ideas, and so the industry as a whole goes forward vibrantly, even as the names on our paychecks slide into another seamlessly (OK, as seamlessly as our systems interoperate, which as marketing claims is... well that’s anot

One of GO’s sharpest salespeople, Danny Shader, was accompanying me on the trip. As unobtrusively as possible, he went around the room collecting business cards. “What’d you do that for?” I whispered. “You pretty much know who everyone is.” “Titles are deceptive, but you can tell who really matters by the paper.” He showed me the cards. “The ones w

Technological adjustments

entire industry

People who met him then described him as socially awkward, overly earnest, and cerebral.

As technology revolutionizes the tools we use, it also antiquates our laws, reshapes our morals, and alters our perceptions.

try to make new mistakes.