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James, I agree with ya on Bill Gates. Only thing lower is someone that promises the world, and tells ya it won't cost a thing... IMV. I believe what I know, to the marrow of my bones. Takes some things a while to sink in... Those are the one's I believe in... Seen a lot of what I took to be the truth, turn out to be otherwise. Still do... jt | -----Original Message----- | From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com | [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of James W. Kilgore | Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 12:10 AM | To: midrange-l@midrange.com | Subject: Re: Linus/ESR hype (was RE: Changed to: Interactive Tax) | | | Sounds a lot like sour grapes to me. | | Please explain to me how this differs in Bill Gates cashing in on | the labor of | others, in view of the fact that he (MS) has been sued by it's | own employees? | They were screwed, blued and tattooed! | | IMHO, a man that promises nothing is a whole lot more honest than | a man that | breaks every promise he makes. | | BTW, do you really believe everything you read? | | jt wrote: | > | | > | > I've seen press reports that Linus is considered God... | > | > He's a good marketer, and is far more subtle than that... | Drinks a beer, | > and comes across as a good ole boy... But from what I've seen, | he cashed in | > on the labor of others. Makes no difference to me that they | *volunteered* | > their efforts for the cause, and for Linus and ESR... | > | > | > Seen reports that a lot of the press hates him, because he | comes across as | > an arrogant snot, to them... | > | > ICBW... My impression was that he started at Transmeta 2 or 3 | years ago... | > Either way, you figure he had any trouble finding a job...? | > | > | > Is this any way to run a billion-dollar OS business? | > | > I do, but am neither as successful or grandiose as he is... | I'm happy to | > keep it that way, too... | > | _______________________________________________ | This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) | mailing list | To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com | To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, | visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l | or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com | Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives | at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. |
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