在外人的想像中,硅谷是高科技的圣殿。但其实从很多方面来看,它也不过是一个普通的小镇。我以前听一个朋友说起过杰夫·霍金斯和Palm计算机公司,因为他有个熟人到那里应聘过技术副总。不过当时这家伙不太情愿去,因为那会Palm连CEO都没有,他不愿意去一个连自己老板是谁都不知道的地方干活。但是这间公司和这个CEO的职位吸引了我。于是我请Palm当时的董事之一布鲁斯·邓列 In the imagination of outsiders, Silicon Valley is a high-tech temple. But in fact, in many ways, it is nothing but an ordinary town. I used to hear a friend talk about Jeff Hawkins and Palm Computer because he got an acquaintance there to apply for a VP of technology. However, this guy was reluctant to go, because it would not even Palm CEO, he did not want to go to work even where his boss did not know where to work. But the job of the company and the CEO drew me. So I asked Bruce Dunleigh, one of Palm's current directors