Quotes by Hal Varian

“I was a little surprised. I expected this to be accurate because theres a lot of literature and experience with these systems. But this has been even better than I expected.”

“With research, the informed buyer is going to be able to say, The item is worth about this,”

“Its a fun thing. Now one of the things were thinking about is what to do with it.”

“Its possible it could be a victim of its own success. As more people chime in, you get a cacophony.”

“Imagine that the blackboard is an N-dimensional manifold.”

“Until now theres been this one-quality-fits-all access, and now companies are experimenting with [tiered] services. Theres been a lot of engineering work, but nobodys looked at the economic side,”

“Until now theres been this one-quality-fits-all access, and now companies are experimenting with [tiered] services. Theres been a lot of engineering work, but nobodys looked at the economic side.”

“A project manager isnt just interfacing with members of the project. Hes also interfacing with the rest of the organization.”

“The first dose is free. Once you start using a product, you keep using it.”