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Former Intel CEO Andy Grove Wants Struggling Industries To Stop Slacking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-get-a-haircut dept.

lousyd writes "Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel and current instructor at Stanford Business School, has a message for industry. He believes that health care and energy, especially, could learn a lesson from computing's innovative and relatively government-free history. He asks students to imagine if mainframe vendors had asked government to prop them up in the same way that General Motors recently was. On the issue of computer patents, he insists that firms must use their patents or lose them: 'You can't just sit on your a** and give everyone the finger.'"

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  1. Re:apples to oranges comparison by CrimsonAvenger · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Plus the U.S. Federal Gov requires that E.R.s treat those who can not pay*. Hey Andy, how about Intel give away CPUs,

    So, guys with guns forcing someone to give away his stuff is basically the same as someone giving away his stuff of his own free will?

    Wow....

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  2. Re:Agree to disagree. by smoker2 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Judging by your responses to various topics recently, you really are a cock aren't you.
    Presumably in your opinion, maps are a crutch for people who lack the analytical ability to understand and implement a functioning GPS system.
    Here's a clue, sometimes things are useful because they are simple. They are not 2nd best to something designed to be used in an entirely different way. A map can help you determine where you are, with the minimum of cost and outside dependency. A GPS system can give greater accuracy at the cost of massive overheads, political interference, and complexity of devices needed to access the data.