Actually knife the baby came from Tevanian in court, he said it in regards to Quicktime.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) <mark.sny...@ngc.com > wrote: > Chris, "Knife the baby." Was a direct quote from Bill Gates, who said it > when a startup told him they would not agree to a purchase offer from > M$. > > Thank you, > Mark Snyder > -----Original Message----- > > Doesn't justify how they got that money. And Gates goes from "Knife > > the baby" to savior... > > "Knife the baby"??! Good Lord, he must be doing something I haven't > heard about. He's a war profiteer, maybe? He's been selling munitions to > terrorists? Peddling tainted infant formula to Third World > countries? Selling cars that he knows to be unsafe at any speed? > Charging exorbitant rents for rat-infested tenements and kicking orphans > out onto the street? > > Do you actually picture the guy like he's in some flickering silent > movie, twirling his mustaches and tying Nell to the railroad track? > > Come on. He made an OS you don't like, and his company has engaged in > some aggressive and occasionally questionable business practices that > aren't significantly different from what thousands of other > businesses have done--or would if they could. > > There aren't any dead babies. A little perspective would be nice. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
