Progress Means Better Process

摘要

Ray lane kicked off this month's software 2004 conference by throwing into sharp focus what we all know but have never quite expressed: Software innovation on a grand scale is dead. Lane, former president of Oracle and now a general partner at venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, compared the approach of today's software superstar wannabes to what happens in more traditional industries. "If you were in the auto industry, you wouldn't start a new car company," he said. The viable businesses in the auto industry, he explained ― and by "viable" he meant billion-dollar-plus revenues ― are the suppliers to the top three manufacturers.