Oh, in that case, never mind!

Jim Phillips                           Information Systems Manager
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I WANT MY MPE!
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Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: writing new apps: cobol vs c


> Jim writes:
>
> > Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >  > > As RAH said, "You live and learn or you don't live long."
> >  >
> >  > Actually, CRD said it first.
> >
> >  Besides, my Webster's 21st Century Book Of Quotations credits RAH with
> >  saying it.
>
> I didn't mean to imply that Charles Darwin said those exact words, rather
> that Heinlein's sentence is merely a restatement of one of Darwin's
central
> tenets. To quote Carly Fiorina:
>
> "Because biology, I think, is so relevant to this Renaissance, I will
quote
> Charles Darwin. Because I think his words have much to teach us as we
stand
> on the brink of this new millenium. Darwin said 'It is not the strongest
of
> the species who survive, nor the most intelligent, but those who are most
> adaptive to change.'"
>
>   --http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/ceo_invent_reinvent
.htm
>
> ...and in another speech:
>
> This brings me to the second part of my talk today, looking inward, or
what I
> have referred to inside HP as looking in the mirror, seeing the truth and
> acting on the truth. It's how we use change to create new value and to
adapt
> in a dynamic marketplace.
>
> To quote one of biologist Charles Darwin's most famous observations, 'It
is
> not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent,
but
> the ones most responsive to change.'"
>
>    --http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/tiecon_01.htm
>
> Most people condense this general sentiment down to just "Adapt or die."
>
> Wirt Atmar

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