RE: Bill Gate$.

["Bill Paris" <bparis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Bill's wares are cheap, easy to load, full of bells and
> whistles and easy to
> get help for.  Did I mention cheap?  No one is required to
> accept the the
> preload of Windows (pick your release).  Buy a Dell and load
> Linux.  What
> happened to "the guy with best ideas gets paid a lot of money
> for them and
> wins"?  Isn't that what we all want?

        The only ideas Bill Gates came up with were to purchase or rip off other
peoples great ideas. Gates didn't code DOS for IBM, he bought it for $50K
outright then "leased" it IBM on a per machine basis. MS-DOS evolved by
buying or stealing other coders enhancements to the original product. As
Microsoft evolved, most small development companies dreamed of having MS
knock on the door to buy their firm. Other firms that wished to remain
independent ended up having their idea stolen anyway (ie: Stac compression).

        I gotta stop now before I blow a gasket.

Bill Paris
Sorrento Cheese Co., Inc.
716-823-6262 x376
bparis@sccmail.com

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