I found that quote interesting too, as it was telling that the author felt it expressed something noteworthy. I don't see why it should be at all surprising. Corporations are made of living, breathing people. They each have their own organizational culture and set of external pressures that guides their decisions and behavior. The same is true of governments, and government agencies, and offices within government agencies, and cliques of people within offices of government agencies, and ... you get my point.

You get an even greater sense of this when you talk to people who have ever created a corporation or tried to make it more powerful. Gee, I wonder if there are any such people who hang around here...