Any DRI employees out there???

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Curt Vendel wrote: Do you really want billG involved in it?????? You won't be able to get his money without his participation! On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote: If it will help anybody, I have an off the air tape of the Computer Chronicles eulogy of Kildall. It consists of 1/2 hour or so of interviews with his friends. NO real attempt to be objective about some issues. For example: how many people here think that it is appropriate business behavior (besides wanting to do it as a statement!) to blow off IBM "in order to deliver some documentation to Oakland". Yeah, right. The head of the company can't send a courier or employee, and has to miss the meeting in order to deliver documentation?!? NOTE: I have my students discuss whether it was the stupidest move evewr made, or the bravest. - "how many of you would like to thumb your nose at IBM and tell them to wait their turn in line?" "But would that be worth $40 billion to you?" -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com