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Re: "So what did Bill Gates see?" (Before jumping ship)

  • Subject: Re: "So what did Bill Gates see?" (Before jumping ship)
  • From: "amicus_curious" <ACDC@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:33:27 -0500
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Usenet Monster - http://www.usenetmonster.com
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"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:1626980.7NaK4W3vae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> __/ [ flyer ] on Saturday 17 February 2007 05:17 \__
>
>> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:39:02 -0500, "amicus_curious" <ACDC@xxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"flyer" <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:lh98t29ct1fsseqi87utuj0jr8s3b0o09e@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> "So what did Bill Gates see?"
>>>>
>>>It may have been when he launched his copy of Quicken and it overflowed 
>>>the
>>>number of digit available positions in the Net Worth field.  At that 
>>>point
>>>he may have decided to abandon the hordes of geeky introverts surrounding
>>>the software business and take up other pursuits.  Why not?  With all 
>>>that
>>>moola, he can do pretty much what he wants to do.  Maybe it was the Queen
>>>of
>>>England who talked him into looking at other activities.  Maybe it was 
>>>the
>>>president of China.  Who knows?
>>>
>>
>> Bill sits on ship
>> Bill looks down
>> Bill sees HUGE gaping holes in sides, bottom, and top of ship
>> Bill sees engine parts flying out exhaust stack
>> Bill decides to not go down with ship
>> Bill jumps, leaving crew to drown
>
> There's a part you forgot:
>
> Bill sees E-mails that could send him to prison, e.g.:
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | From:       Bill Gates
> | Sent:       Saturday, December 05, 1989 9:44 AM
> | To:         Bob Muglia (Exchange); Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
> | Cc:         Paul Mariz
> | Subject:    Office rendering
> |
> | One thing we have got to change is our strategy -- allowing Office
> | documents to be rendered very well by OTHER PEOPLES BROWSERS is one of 
> the
> | most destructive things we could do to the company.
> |
> | We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office
> | documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities.
> |
> | Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office 
> has
> | to  to destroy Windows.
> `----
>
> http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
>
> Now, I'm not sure if you were talking about Bill Gates or Bill Weisgerber
> (amicus_curious), who has apparently been paid for Microsoft PR for quite
> some time.
>
You are completely wrong about that, of course, but keep up your fantasies 
since they are doubtless more pleasant somehow than the realities.  For 
someone who purports to have a PhD you are exceedingly naive. 



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