Eric Schmidt: ‘Playing catch-up with the competition will never help you create something new’

12 years ago

From the RUFKM (see tags) file:

Playing catch-up with the competition can only ever help you make incremental gains. It will never help you create something new. – Eric Schmidt, August 26, 2014

Wait, what?

Repeat that, please.

Playing catch-up with the competition can only ever help you make incremental gains. It will never help you create something new. – Eric Schmidt, August 26, 2014

MacDailyNews Take: Wow. Just fscking wow.

Here’s what Google’s Android looked like before and after Apple’s iPhone:

Here’s what cellphones looked like before and after Apple’s iPhone:

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