Please, please, please, my dear competition. We can beat each other and fight each other as much as we want and argue, but do not predict how a system really works when you really don't know and don't want to know. Either be better informed, or don't do it. Hasso Plattner arguebeatcompetition share on social
Managers are important: they are leading the company and guiding and have to provide vision and manage the daily business. Hasso Plattner businesscompanydaily Change image and share on social
You cannot make money with a hockey team. You cannot make money with a hotel, either, and you cannot make money with a golf club. I have all three of them. When you have a certain amount of money, you do silly things - because it's pretty to have a golf course and it's interesting to have a hockey team. Hasso Plattner amountclubgolf share on social
The software industry has to become better in componentization. That's a clear focus for most of the software companies. How components look, how they are maintained, the ability to maintain them separately. Hasso Plattner abilityclearcompany share on social
Fans don't like owners. They know they are somewhere - actually, in Germany, some owners are anonymous. Fans don't sympathize with owners, so ownership stays in the back. Hasso Plattner anonymousbackfan Change image and share on social
Africa touches me. At night, there's this thought in your brain that a million years ago we started here. Hasso Plattner africaagobrain Change image and share on social
In the '80s, when Gretzky came to the World Championships in the second or third game, you'd see this guy skating circles around the other ones. Unbelievable. Hasso Plattner 80schampionshipcircle Change image and share on social
Americans are not afraid of the future. Hasso Plattner afraidamericanfuture Change image and share on social
I made my money with software - encoded knowledge without which few products and services can exist today - and so it seemed imperative that this would be the field where I would give something back. Hasso Plattner backencodeexist Change image and share on social