* Eric Schmidt gave a presentation at the Computer History Museum in 2001 on lessons learned through his experiences in the technology industry.<p>* The Computer History Museum talk is called "Unwinnable Wars: Personal Persepctives on Technology Leadership" and can be accessed through Google Video<p>Notes from the talk:<p>"Lessons Learned":<p>1. Against A Fast Competitor, A Cloning Strategy Doesn't Work<p>* For instance, Sun's attempt to develop a Win32 API Clone called WABI failed<p>2. There will always be an open source choice<p>3. Consortia don't work<p>4. There will always be a Microsoft or IBM, etc...<p>5. Multi-software unification doesn't work (license conflicts, etc...)<p>6. Your strategy should be complete market domination. Because if you don't, someone else will. There will always be unitary choice at every control point.<p>Strategies That Work:<p>1. Low-cost proprietary (Dell, Ebay, Microsoft)