Ask HN: Can you source this pg quote?

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I have been using a version of this pg quote for years, but cant find the original and it makes quoting it painful.

When talking about companies who behave badly (i think related to law suits) he mentioned that "companies that get used to winning that way forget how to win by doing well"

Please help!

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The closest thing that comes to mind is about companies that shift into patent licensing:

> When you read of big companies filing patent suits against smaller ones, it's usually a big company on the way down, grasping at straws. For example, Unisys's attempts to enforce their patent on LZW compression. When you see a big company threatening patent suits, sell. When a company starts fighting over IP, it's a sign they've lost the real battle, for users.

[http://paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html]

Thanks! I'm guessing it must have been in the talk given at Google (that the essay is based on) that appears to no longer live on the internet.

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