A Quote by Clayton M. Christensen

The iPod is a proprietary integrated product, although that is becoming quite modular. You can download your music from Amazon as easily as you can from iTunes. You also see modularity organized around the Android operating system that is growing much faster than the iPhone. So I worry that modularity will do its work on Apple.

Clayton M. Christensen

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Clayton M. Christensen
American - Author
Born: April 6, 1952

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John Sculley

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Daniel Lyons

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Daniel Lyons

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Douglas Rushkoff

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Laura Sydell

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Douglas Rushkoff

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Walt Mossberg

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John Battelle

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Steven Levy

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Walt Mossberg

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Steve Jobs

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Noreena Hertz

I think being organized should be in your lifestyle. I run a few different businesses, so I have to be organized. And I think everyone around me will also feel organized. To have chaos going on, it just doesn't work.

Olivia Palermo

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Walt Mossberg

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