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 AndreessenIf you think you can execute a previously failed idea, you just have to be able to show that now is the time.
Marc AndreessenInnovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.
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