The success continues at...Google (What a surprise)

6 years later after acquiring Android, Fortune writes:  "Rubin (Android's founder) and his team thrived in Google's engineering-driven culture, which encouraged innovation by letting Android release less-than-perfect versions that it would continually upgrade.  Google also embraced Rubin's vision of giving the operating system away-a gambit, enabled by Google's broader ad-based business model, that stoked adoption of the platform."  Results:  expected 2011 forecast of 206 million Android Smartphones!!!  Tipping Point:  when I get one.

Couldn't have said it any better

"One of the most important things in life is to be around people that have great energy and great enthusiasm. I don't want to be around anyone at this point in my life that's an energy drainer, because they're not a lot of fun to be around, and pretty soon you're at ... their level."

Jerry West, Golden State Warriors Advisor

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