2 Apr
2012
2 Apr
'12
10:42 p.m.
Honestly guys. This conversation sounds very bitchy. If it wasn't Bill
Gates who dominated the OS area in the 1980s and 1990s someone of the same
ilk would of.
Regardless what you think of them survival in business is always the
survival of the fittest. Gates was at the top of that game for a while.
Anyone who gets beats off the competition at that level has got to be
ruthless and clever. I don't condone it, but its a fact.
At least he IS doing something good with his money.
Let's move on from the constant Microsoft bashing, please!
Tez
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Dennis Boone <drb at msu.edu> wrote:
Very true;
as this isn't a merit-based society. He was a damn good
programmer "back in the day", though; pity he didn't stick to that.
Some of the things I've heard about the early basic interpreter make me
wonder if he was really a good programmer.
De
3 Apr
3 Apr
12:13 a.m.
On 02/04/12 10:42 PM, Terry Stewart wrote:
Honestly guys. This conversation sounds very bitchy.
If it wasn't Bill
Gates who dominated the OS area in the 1980s and 1990s someone of the same
ilk would of.
Regardless what you think of them survival in business is always the
survival of the fittest. Gates was at the top of that game for a while.
Anyone who gets beats off the competition at that level has got to be
ruthless and clever. I don't condone it, but its a fact.
At least he IS doing something good with his money.
That is very much a matter of debate, as you would see, if you did even
a modest amount of research into the destinations and motives for Gates
Foundation money.
However, he has definitively proven - if it were ever doubted - that
sufficient money will buy positive opinion among the habitually uncritical.
Let's move on from the constant Microsoft bashing, please!
If they change their spots, criticism won't be necessary.
--Toby
Tez
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Dennis Boone<drb at msu.edu> wrote:
Very
true; as this isn't a merit-based society. He was a damn good
programmer "back in the day", though; pity he didn't stick to that.
Some of the things I've heard about the early basic interpreter make me
wonder if he was really a good programmer.
De
8:28 a.m.
On Apr 3, 2012, at 12:13 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 02/04/12 10:42 PM, Terry Stewart wrote:
An effect first documented (in detail, and with great glee)
by Andrew Carnegie, notorious tyrant and union buster.
- Dave
At least he IS doing something good with his
money.
That is very much a matter of debate, as you would see, if you did even a modest amount
of research into the destinations and motives for Gates Foundation money.
However, he has definitively proven - if it were ever doubted - that sufficient money
will buy positive opinion among the habitually uncritical. 
4 Apr
4 Apr
6:17 a.m.
OK, this shit is infecting even the "on-topic" list.
G'bye.
On 4 April 2012 05:41, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
On Tue, 3 Apr 2012, David Riley wrote:
--
"Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions
of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese
people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot."
--Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" mantra.
An effect first documented (in detail, and with
great glee)
by Andrew Carnegie, notorious tyrant and union buster.
billg has made no secret that he has seriously studied Carnegies methods
and philosophies.
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