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>>There's a great quote from someone whose name escapes me right now Bill Gates. You're looking for Bill Gates. https://stratechery.com/2018/the-bill-gates-li
by randall 7y ago
>>There's a great quote from someone whose name escapes me right now
Bill Gates. You're looking for Bill Gates.
https://stratechery.com/2018/the-bill-gates-line/ https://stratechery.com/2018/the-bill-gates-line/
- draw_down 7y agoHe’s known (among other things) for publishing lists of books on his website, and drinking poop water.
- jeethsuresh 7y agoSo I am, thanks!
- francescopnpn 7y agowasn't the Bill Gate's something line along the lines of "It's not a platform until businesses that make $1M+/y can be built on top of it"
- johnnycab 7y agoMore recently, the concept been distilled by the current Microsoft CEO, without indulging in apophasis. He goes on to contrast the role of companies such as Microsoft with that of aggregators, which dominate a market by amassing far more content than rivals — like Google and Facebook Inc. in online media, or Amazon in e-commerce. Referring to how companies like these work, he says: “You commoditize supply. You’re even sort of commoditizing the demand, in some ways. That’s a very different dynamic.” https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2019-12-21/satya-nadella-reinvigorated-microsoft https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2019-12-21...