John Warnock Quotes (19 Quotes)

Aside from its financial troubles, he said, Xerox is suffering from a problem similar to the one that plagued Adobe and Apple a few years ago a lack of confidence among investors and potential customers. In 1998, as Asia was undergoing a serious financial crisis, Adobe hit some rough spots, ... Adobe seems strong now. The cachet is different. But Xerox is in a nosedive.

We started the company out of frustration with the employer that we had because we were building great stuff and there was no way that this stuff was ever going to get into the hands of the people who could use it.

I have seen that technology has contributed to improved communication, that it's contributed to better health care, that it's contributed to better food supplies, that it has contributed to all the basic human needs.

You can do some kind of planning, but the future is something you'll never be able to predict. If anybody had told me when I was in high school or when I was in college that I would be running a billion-dollar company, I would have told them, You're crazy. First of all, I had no interest in business. No interest, none whatsoever. I never took a course in business.

I can't imagine what it's like to hold a child's hand for four hours.

What I try to do is factor in how people use computers, what people's problems are, and how these technologies can get applied to those problems. Then I try to direct the various product groups to act on this information.

This is really interesting. When I was in the 9th grade, I flunked 9th grade algebra. I couldn't cope with 9th grade algebra. And then I remember taking an aptitude test when I was a sophomore in high school, and they said, You should probably consider not going to college. Then they said, Well, what would you like to do

We look at their ability to learn, how fast they are, how quick they are. And their experience. What have they done with their life What concrete accomplishments have they made Are they a finisher When they start a project, can they finish the project, or do they start 20 projects and then have them all open-ended.

One of the biggest parts of my job is to figure out where the company is going. What are the opportunities So I stay very immersed and very up-to-date on what new companies are being started, what new technologies are emerging, what new ideas are getting floated in business plans, and things like that. I see a lot of product ideas and a lot of new technologies.

Adobe's development cost relative to goods sold is almost zero. That's not bad for a knockoff.

Learning how to communicate your ideas on paper is very important. Get a good, strong foundation in the liberal arts, philosophy, mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry , history. Get a good, well-rounded education.

Publishing now is more than publishing for print, and more than publishing for the Web, ... It's really a content aggregation and redeployment scheme that every organization has to have to get a handle on their communication problems.

The personal contact is a personal thing. The fact that some people don't know their neighbors, I don't think that technology is at fault. You don't lose anything with technology. You gain other avenues of understanding.

I would love to have more women in management. It's been tough getting to that point. Not only finding people who are willing to step up to management, but also people who are qualified and have the background and education to do it. We've had a number of women in senior management positions, and two of them burned out.

The products associated with the internet are where I spend a lot of my time right now. It is a revolution that is bigger than the invention of printing. It is a revolution that's bigger than the invention of the telephone, radio, or any of the major revo

Without television and mass communication, that knowledge wouldn't exist. So I think it actually has the possibility of turning people into more understanding and more empathetic people.

I would never speculate on the limit. Every time you speculate, you're way too conservative.

The whole market today is a little scary. I'm happy we retain any value,

I'm a pretty happy camper. Look a little more like Paul Newman, maybe. Haha.