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That Alan Kay signature quote is telling. Well done, Amazon.

• qohen 16y ago
  Eh, not so well done--Bezos got the quote wrong. The correct/canonical version of Alan Kay's quote is: "The best way to predict the future is to invent it". This version has 50+ million hits vs. 5100-ish for the version Bezos has (plus 40 more if you search for it with "it is" instead of "it's") ).
  • sewerhorse 16y ago
    Well, this was all before Google and even Altavista. Back then all the worlds quotes wasn't at your fingertips.
  • revorad 16y ago
    He got the gist though, sort of, don't you agree?
  • JonnieCache 16y ago
    “Misquotation is ... the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.” Hesketh Pearson (1887 – 1964) There is a more amusing one than this but I cannot find it for the life of me. Obviously this applies more to the spoken than the written word but the point stands.