The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little over four years.

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together.

I need a new unit to sample and hold, but not an angry one, a new design, new design.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.