January 4, 2011

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The one constant in every technological enterprise is its curve of success: rapid initial rise, subsequent horizontal line, gradual fall until unsuspected depths of failure.

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  1. StephenJanuary 5, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    The original Spanish is:

    Lo constante en toda empresa tecnológica es su curva de éxito: rápido ascenso inicial, horizontalidad subsiguiente, descenso paulatino hasta insospechadas profundidades de fracaso.

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  2. StephenJanuary 5, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    This is one of the few times that Gómez Dávila uses the adjective tecnológico rather than técnico.

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