My Career At Microsoft Really Was Getting

The Whole Hardware Industry Has Experienced The Phenomenon In Which Every Time Computers Get Cheaper, They Appeal To A New Set Of Users; Every Time They Get More Powerful, Old Customers Upgrade.

The World Has Shown That If You Provide Capital And Expertise To An Area That Is Starved For Capital And Expertise, Really Good Things Will Happen.

Most Decisions Are Seat-of-the-pants Judgments. You Can Create A Rationale For Anything. In The End, Most Decisions Are Based On Intuition And Faith.

Micropayments Are Great If You Use Them For A Product Or Service With Certain Properties. It Must Be One Where You Can Get Away With Usage-based Pricing, And Where There Is A Strong Rationale For Making It Cheap, Yet Not Free.

People Get Cranky When You Burst Their Bubble. Over Time, Advances In Astronomy Have Relentlessly Reinforced The Utter Insignificance Of Earth On A Celestial Scale. Fortunately, Political And Religious Leaders Stopped Barbecuing Astronomers For Saying So, Turning Their Spits With Human-rights Activists Instead.