Nokia and Research in Motion needed a modern operating system. They could have bought Palm or Android before Google did, but they didn't. Today, it's probably too late, and at the time they would have been criticized for overpaying, but as they say - shift happens.
Marc AndreessenPeople tend to think of the web as a way to get information or perhaps as a place to carry out e-commerce. But really, the web is about accessing applications.
Marc AndreessenToday's stock market actually hates technology, as shown by all-time low price/earnings ratios for major public technology companies
Marc AndreessenThe transformation of Apple is probably the biggest tech story of the last 15 years.
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