> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Joshua Bell
...
> we had to do and the challenges ahead of us. Brin was preaching to the
> converted here; Microsoft is a very self-critical environment at
> all times,
> and it�s one of our strengths.)
And if you are not self-critical, there are plenty of volunteers available
from the outside!
...
> teach our children to win arguments and debates, or make compromises. The
> average American can probably have a good chance to win any
> argument - with
> zero knowledge about the subject matter.
This observation is clearly related to the one above.
> Nick: Linda Stone told us she is leaving MS to focus on writing a book
> (which life @ MS doesn't allow time for). She said this has been
> covered in
> the Wall Street Journal and Seattle Times (and admonished the audience for
> not reading them).
I feel admonished now. Although the Seattle Times is hard to find around
here...
We gave up on newspapers a few years ago. I look at them on-line sometimes,
but rarely feel like I'm missing anything important, with the possible
exception of what's on sale at Fry's.
Nick
P.S. Linda's announcement was just yesterday, so I don't feel so
admonished. Her book sounds like the kind of thing I've been working on.
May it sell well and thus justify related works to narrow-minded publishers!
