Hmm... Pretty sure this topic was told to be over... just had to satisfy yourself and make sure to get the last word in huh..
Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >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 > >
