18 Jan
2003
18 Jan
'03
10:08 a.m.
I think therein lies the problem. Microsoft always seems to aspire to
mediocrity in volume. I was reading an article on LowEndMac which
suggested that the reason Apple seems to take bolder steps and more
risks is that Jobs has *lost* a few bets - booted out of Apple, NeXT
tanked, was bought by Apple -, whereas Gates and company always play it
safe, but never rise beyond mediocrity.
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2: His parting line in the letter:
"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten programmers
and deluge the hobby market with good software ".
I just have to laugh when I read that. Well, he got the deluge part
right. :-)
(Disclaimer: Yes, that is a clear MS bash statement, but it is tongue
in
cheek... yes, I personally don't care for MS software over many of the
alternatives... but in the long run, most of their stuff really isn't
THAT bad... its just fun to say it is).
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