7 May
2000
7 May
'00
1:03 p.m.
It's Billy's job to be ruthless. He's managing the finances of a very large
enterprise, and has responsibilities to his stockholders, employees, OEM
customers, end-users, and vendors.
I'd say he's successful because he and his staff, many of whom he picked out
personally, are extremely well-focused.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner <spc(a)armigeron.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: I wrote 'Nuke Redmond'
more
It was thus said that the Great Bill Dawson once
stated:
>
> And while I'm on the soapbox, I'll state the obvious. Bill Gates is a
> shrewd thief and an accomplished liar. About the only original product
MS
> ever had was BASIC. IBM screwed Digital Research
with the pricing of
CP/M
for the PC.
Gates was no small part of this.
How? Bill Gates just licenced MS-DOS to IBM for a cheaper price than DR
did CP/M. I can't see Bill Gates saying to IBM, ``If you don't charge
for CP/M than for MS-DOS, we'll walk.''
Bill Gates is ruthless but not
stupid.
-spc (Not that I'm trying to defend him or anything ... )