Talk:Andrew Grove/Archives/2013

Relaxed culture at Intel?

The article refers to the 'relaxed culture at Intel' inspired by Noyce. That hasn't been my impression from what I've read or encounters with people from there, perhaps the top designers are treated differently. I thought that Andy Grove was known for his attitude that work is not meant to be fun. Am I wrong or what or should I just put a 'fact' on that statement? Dmcq (talk) 11:58, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Quotes

The tidy aphorism "Let chaos reign, then rein in chaos" has been attributed to Andrew Grove, but there is little proof that the saying is his. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Loki125 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Should some mention be made of the possible link between Grove's 'people cannot memorise computer industry acronyms' and the acronym PCMCIA itself? Sardaukar86 (talk) 06:00, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Anti-competitive?

"Noyce was essentially anti-competitive, even to the extent that, as Tom Wolfe in "Hooking Up" points out, all spaces in the parking lot were fair game, first come, first served. This difference in styles reputedly caused some degree of friction between Noyce and Grove." In which way is this "anti-competitive"? Not assigning parking spaces to specific people makes them compete, even for parking their car. It is also an incentive to arrive at work early. 95.120.105.204 (talk)

It does sound a funny wording to me. It means essentially that he didn't believe in people gaining special privileges in a competitive way, everyone was at the same level. One should have some spaces close to the building for people who don't normally work at a place or are disabled but otherwise I think a company is better off doing parking the Noyce way, not having special executive dining rooms and toilets etc. I've only used executive dining rooms a few times in my career and it has always stuck me as strange and a bit weird. Dmcq (talk) 12:04, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Duplicate References

References 2 and 12 are the same and should be combined. Paulpenn (talk) 15:20, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

 Fixed --Light show (talk) 17:31, 19 October 2013 (UTC)