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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 12 –The Space Force– General John Raymond

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The next demarcation was 2007, when China launched a missile that blew up one of their own satellites into about 3000 pieces of debris. I want folks managing their programs, not managing the Pentagon bureaucracy. I think it’s going pay dividends for us. China’s Anti-Satellite Demonstration.

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If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Projects not directly related to those activities never got serious management attention and/or resources. Yet in five years the only new thing that managed to get out the door is the Apple Watch.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Projects not directly related to those activities never got serious management attention and/or resources. Yet in five years the only new thing that managed to get out the door is the Apple Watch.

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