Nothing to do with any OS or brand, just human nature. Polio, eh? Must be an attempt to assuage part of his guilty conscience from all the people he has screwed over. I had a friend named Gerald Abear who worked with Gates in the early years and got royally hosed by him as just one person out of many. I am quite sure he was a much better programmer, etc. than Gates. But maybe not a great businessman. Like Nikola Tesla, he was taken advantage of by the other guy...
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Mat Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to be clear here both Microsoft and Apple got their UI/mouse ideas from > Xerox... let's not go bashing Bill Gates who is currently trying to rid the > world of polio... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Andrews > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 12:03 AM > To: feistfans-l > Subject: Re: the kings buccaneer > > Good point. Poor spelling and grammar can act as a signal that it will be > easier to pull a Bill Gates and steal that person's ideas in order to exploit > them and profit therefrom... > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail communication, including all attachments, may contain private, > proprietary, privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only > for the person to whom it is addressed. Any unauthorized use, copying or > distribution of the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, and have received it in error, > please delete it and notify the sender immediately. > > -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." Bill Vaughan "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
