Adam Osborne
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"Adam Osborne" was a Thailand-born British-American author, book and computer software/software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere.

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We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good product.

The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.

I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.

Adequacy is sufficient.

This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.

There'll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people.

Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.

Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions.

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.