[ Thanks to Tom
Adelstein for this link. ]
“Last week I had a chance to speak with Bob Price, who retired
from Control Data Corporation as their CEO back in the early
1990’s. Bob has a new book out entitled, “Eye on Innovation”
(ISBN-30010877X) published by Yale University Press. I could easily
see it making the best seller’s list because it so closely
parallels the situations organizations face today, and gives people
in the industry a fresh look at how to move forward in this crazy
computer environment.“Control Data Corporation (CDC) innovated in the early days of
computers the way the open source community does today. CDC also
faced the same kinds of obstacles that plagues the industry today:
a vicious monopoly that knows no bounds when it comes to
undermining the innovation of others for its own stake in the
market…”