I have plenty of pitty for the poor-little-rich-boys. But they are just not willing to pay me enough to give it to them. ><> ... Jack -- Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" - Henry J. Tillman "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral Grace Hopper, USN Life is complex: it has a real part and an imaginary part. - Martin Terma “Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.” - Nikola Tesla I don't enjoy a massacre of ads. Hackaday.com says this should slaughter their existance.
On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > In some very small way, we should feel sorry for Balmer as Gates left him > with the proverbial "pig in a poke." Microsoft had ossified. Gotten so big > and so disliked as an enterprise that Bill didn't want to keep going. > > Now, the fact that there are billions of dollars in their respective bank > accounts causes any pity to vanish immediately! > > Howard > > > On 08/25/2013 11:20 AM, xor wrote: >> >> So the dancing fat man will retire. Hard to believe. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc >> >> >> On Friday, August 23, 2013 6:22:15 PM UTC-5, mjbtn wrote: >> >> Tears of joy that is! ;) >> >> http://slashdot.org/story/13/08/23/1329252/ballmer-to-retire >> <http://slashdot.org/story/13/08/23/1329252/ballmer-to-retire> >> >> For the first time since its inception, Microsoft might actually >> slip out from under the thumbs of the M$OldGuard. If they are smart, >> they will let some of the suppressed talent bubble up to the >> surface. I have long felt that Ballmer was ordering a Pickett’s >> Charge by repeatedly sending the troops in for an outdated mandate. >> After really experiencing Windows 8 (RT) and giving it a serious >> chance, I was convinced that, someone(s) were seriously out of touch >> with their customers. >> >> Well, at least I lived to see this. :) Wouldn’t it be funny if in >> the same way Big Blue used to be Satan amongst us, and then became a >> huge proponent and champion if FOSS and open ideas, now Microsoft >> might make an about face and become a **true** friend to FOSS! Well, >> >> anyways, I’m not laughing yet. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
