Ken Olsen Quotes

• There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.

  Ken Olsen

  Funny, Business, Stupid

  "The 10 Stupidest Things Ever Said By Tech's Smartest People" by Dylan Love, www.businessinsider.com. April 17, 2013.

  50 Copy quote

• Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.

  Ken Olsen

  Heaven, Computer, Software

  88 Copy quote

• Not a single, substantial, commercially-successful product had come from an adequately-finded team. They'd always come from the scrounging, scrapping, underfunded teams.

  Ken Olsen

  Business, Team, Successful

  7 Copy quote

• The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

  Ken Olsen

  Leadership, Standards

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• When I was a teenager in the late 30's and early 40's, electronics wasn't a word. You were interested in radio if you were interested in electronics.

  Ken Olsen

  Teenager, Electronics, Radio

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• On almost anything someone does in the computer business, you can go back in the literature and prove someone had done it earlier.

  Ken Olsen

  Doe, Done, Literature

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• Teamwork was more accepted 40 years ago.

  Ken Olsen

  Teamwork, Years, Accepted

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