I, Cringely | The Pulpit

"It is a peculiar system, because it counts on those visionaries to come up with new businesses, then systematically destroys those very businesses."

Bob's talking about IBM, but he could be talking about any corporation. A big part of the genius of Microsoft is that despite having become a world leader in software, it continually manages to move and act like a much smaller company. This is largely because of the leardership of Gates and a few other who have molded the company in their own image, and partially because of thie ability to absorb smaller organizations and benfit from their vitality. I wonder how long they can keep it up.