Michael Saylor, the C.E.O. of...
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Michael Saylor, the C.E.O. of Micro-Strategy (the fellow who lost six billion dollars in one day in March 2000) wants to change the world. He believes that his software, or future versions of it, will save lives. He says: "I think my software is going to become so ubiquitous, so essential, that if it stops working there will be riots. I think I'm on a mission from God, and if you don't buy from me we're all going to Hell. I mean that literally. I mean that people will die this year because they didn't buy my software. Imagine you have a cure for cancer, you walk into a cancer ward, and a guy kicks you out. How would you feel? I feel like that. I feel that if I don't succeed, it's an abomination in the eyes of God."
Saylor imagines that his customer of the future will travel though a world in which guesswork -- and the inefficiencies and risk that accompany it -- will have been eliminated. He will save himself time and money, and thus, as Saylor likes to think of it, life.
Saint Paul encourages us to have a similar high level of commitment to our Lord Jesus Christ. We are to be faithful to him, willing to suffer for his sake, knowing that we shall also share in his glory.
Saylor imagines that his customer of the future will travel though a world in which guesswork -- and the inefficiencies and risk that accompany it -- will have been eliminated. He will save himself time and money, and thus, as Saylor likes to think of it, life.
Saint Paul encourages us to have a similar high level of commitment to our Lord Jesus Christ. We are to be faithful to him, willing to suffer for his sake, knowing that we shall also share in his glory.
