patents
Paul:
It started with a discussion of whether IBM or AT&T had the most patents.
Someone popped up with "Gerstner is a SOAP seller" or something like that,
which had absolutely nothing to do with the topic and, moreover, is a big "so
what?" on my list. Stereotyping of that kind is just plain silly. Hell, what if
he sold newspapers as a kid? Or worked on a Good Humor truck during the
summers? So what? The guy may not have come from the computer industry, but his
mettle as a manager – which is what he was hired for – has been proven over
several decades.
Jerry