Comments on: “It’s better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.” https://blog.speculist.com/society/its-better-to-b.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: triticale https://blog.speculist.com/society/its-better-to-b.html#comment-1376 triticale Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:46:16 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=662#comment-1376 Based on the outcome of the most recent confrontation to make the news, I’d much rather be in the Navy.

]]> By: Stephen Gordon https://blog.speculist.com/society/its-better-to-b.html#comment-1375 Stephen Gordon Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:32:17 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=662#comment-1375 My favorite:

“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?”
– The line he used to lure John Sculley as Apple’s CEO, according to Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple, by John Sculley and John Byrne

]]> By: bdunbar https://blog.speculist.com/society/its-better-to-b.html#comment-1374 bdunbar Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:07:07 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=662#comment-1374 A metaphorical pirate, perhaps. Real pirates were hung by the neck until dead, dead, dead, when caught.

]]> By: Jake https://blog.speculist.com/society/its-better-to-b.html#comment-1373 Jake Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:30:28 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=662#comment-1373 Steve Jobs is right. It is better for you to define the market rather than let your competitors do it for you.

This attitude also requires you to obsolete your products before your competitors do. Apple has done a good job in this regard.

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