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Henry Ford. And he appears to have never actually said it. And this attitude cost Ford the early lead in market share. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/08/henry_
by kingkawn 14y ago
Henry Ford. And he appears to have never actually said it. And this attitude cost Ford the early lead in market share.
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/08/henry_ford_never_said_the_fast.html http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/08/henry_ford_never_said_the_fa...
- dj2stein9 14y agoOkay so I mistakenly wrote his first name... I don't see how that invalidates what I've said.
- mquander 14y agoWhat's there to "invalidate"? You just made an assertion, not an argument. You say that nobody wants to use desktops and people want computers to disappear. Unlike you, I don't believe that already, so do you have some evidence for it?
- kingkawn 14y agoThe blogpost I linked pointed out that this quote is often used not to justify a particular idea or position but instead to justify not paying attention to your audience. Paying attention doesn't mean groveling or completely giving up all of your own control.
- slantyyz 14y agoThe funny thing is that I parsed the quote verbatim on the first pass and it made me think the quote was referring to westerns -- John Ford being the famous movie actor. Took my old brain a second or two to realize that I had previously heard that quote associated with Henry Ford.