Hadron wrote:
> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>> wisdom:
>>
>>> Context:
>>>
>>> "Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider
>>> Monkey."
>>>
>>> --Bill Gates
>>
>> This site has some funny quotes (no true attributions, though):
>>
>> http://www.billgatesmicrosoft.com/
>>
>> Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It\u2019s a good
>> thing we have museums to document that.
>>
>> I have 100 billion dollars... You realize I could spend 3 million
>> dollars a day, every day, for the next 100 years? And that's if I
>> don't make another dime. Tell you what-I'll buy your right arm for a
>> million dollars. I give you a million bucks, and I get to sever your
>> arm right here.
>>
>> The reason you see open source there at all is because we came in and
>> said there should be a platform that's identical with millions and
>> millions of machines.
>>
>> There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like
>> PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.
>>
>> What we're really after is simply that people acquire a legal license
>> for Windows for each computer they own before they move on to Linux
>> or Sun Solaris or BSD or OS/2 or whatever.
>>
>> We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.
>>
>> Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.
>>
>> This one isn't funny. It is a good quote, though. And ironic,
>> considering it comes from the fellow who didn't want to share code,
>> and, in fact, considered some of his fellow computer users thieves:
>
> Why should he share his code? So people can steal it, fork it
Karma? Isn't this the way Bill Gate$ launched his career?
Cheers.
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The "Wow" starts now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLqUf4cdwc&eurl=
"No sane person wants Vista, so Microsoft is making sure they have no
choice."
http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html
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