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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:49:14 -1000, Lynn Wheeler wrote:

> ... and perhaps most damaging, the old culture under Watson Snr and Jr
> of free and vigorous debate was replaced with *SYNCOPHANCY* and *MAKE NO
> WAVES* under Opel and Akers.

That happens to every company: a small, hungry, quick-moving, risk-taking 
startup grows large and successful, and becomes conservative, slow-moving 
and risk-averse.

Microsoft is an interesting example: Bill Gates had read all the books on 
the above, and during the 1990s he was able to negotiate a balance in 
which Microsoft stayed hungry and kept the startup mindset even as it 
became large and successful. After he stood aside, the predictable pattern 
followed.