Bill Gates is very much focused on his legacy. Mr. Rossi 'effect' no doubt is as well.
At a certain age, you appreciate your mortality and see things a bit different than younger folk do. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:34 PM, leaking pen <itsat...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've never heard anyone malign his programming skills. moral character, > visual design skills, absolutely, but never his coding chops. > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Somehow I think millions plus your name to live on throughout history >>> would be slightly more important than Billions at age 60+ >>> >> >> Why not have both?!? Billions in royalties plus having your name live on. >> Why do you have to choose? >> >> Rossi is not a fool. He knows it is worth billions. Why would he sell for >> millions? I sure wouldn't. >> >> The people he is dealing with seem to be straight arrows. I doubt they >> would offer millions. That would be an insult. >> >> Most people who invent or develop technology like this are not selfless >> people working for the greater good of humanity. They do it because they >> love technology but also because they love money. See, for example, Edison, >> Bill Gates and for that matter, me. (Gates was a superb programmer. One of >> the best. You may have read otherwise, but I used some of his early >> programs that he himself wrote, and they were really good.) >> >> - Jed >> >> >
