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Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died

879 points · 190 comments · paveworld

  1. FrankWilhoit · · focus · HN ↗
    De mortuis and all that, but someone has pointed out the poor track record of his later initiatives and I think the reasons for those failures are an important part of the picture. Look at his last few blog posts, outlining a radical alternative to LLMs. Read closely, and at the heart of that idea we find "assume enterprise search". But the willingness to consider radical alternatives is part of the right way to think.
    1. coldtea · · focus · HN ↗
      >But the willingness to consider radical alternatives is part of the right way to think.

      That sounds liked LinkedIn speak.

      1. FrankWilhoit · · focus · HN ↗
        The rest of the right way to think is the obligation to discard radical hypotheses that don't work out. Visionaries see things that other people don't. Mostly that is because they are not there. Every so seldom, they are.
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