>And WordPerfect still has "reveal codes", the best feature ever in a word
>processor. Too bad Novell has no clue how to market itself.....
WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (circa 1990) is in many ways a better wordprocessing
program than any version of M$ Word.
At 10:57 AM 7/22/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Well, I'm not sure that Bill Gates is a poor example of a human being, but
in business he is allowed to get away with things the rest of us would go
to jail for. I'm sure that the slap on the wrist by the Dept. of Justice
was due to how much Microsoft stock is in the portfolios of the powerful in
Washington. Some years ago, when still very naive about such things, I
bought a book "Hard Drive" about Bill Gates and Microsoft. I thought it
would be a good example of a hard work = success story. What it taught me
was that I now despise the way Microsoft steals ideas and look and feel,
and then threatens smaller companies to toe the Microsoft party line or
maybe they won't be privileged to get what some other companies get in
terms of timely code updates, etc. The chant "the code ain't done until
Lotus won't run" when developing early operating system upgrades is a
perfect example of this. There were dozens of examples of illegal and
unethical actions by Microsoft in this book.
And WordPerfect still has "reveal codes", the best feature ever in a word
processor. Too bad Novell has no clue how to market itself.....
Bob c.
Jeff Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/22/2003 10:19:11 AM
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Whether or not Bill Gates properly attributed those statements they are a
load of crap.
Some do make interesting points, but who other than Mr. Gates would set
"work" up as religion?
If there is anything I have learned at 44 years is that:
- I am so much more than my job.
- If I hate what I do not much else will matter and it will slowly
kill me.
- If I love what I do it will create opportunity.
- Life treats me exactly as I expect it to.
- I am not a body with a soul, but a soul with a body.
I only regret that it took 40 some years to learn this.
Personally I believe that Bill Gates is a very poor example of a human
being.
Jeff Ward
At 09:22 PM 7/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>I don't go off topic too often, but this is worth a read.
>
>Bill Gates' recent speech at Mount Whitney High School in Visalia, CA. is
>worthwhile reading for anyone. Love him or hate him, he sure hit the nail
>on the head with this one.
>
>He talked about how feel-good, and politically correct teachings, created
>a generation of kids with no concept of reality, and how this method was
>setting them up for failure in the real world. He concluded by outlining
>the following 11 Rules.....
>
>Rule 1: Life is not fair ... get used to it.
>
>Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. However, the world
>will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you start feeling good
>about yourself.
>
>Rule 3: You will NOT make $40,000 a year right out of high school, and you
>won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
>
>Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.
>
>Rule 5: Flipping burgers at McDonalds should not be beneath your dignity.
>Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping....they called
>it OPPORTUNITY.
>
>Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine.
>
>Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are
>now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and
>listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain
>forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the
>closet in your own bedroom.
>
>Rule 8: Your school may have done away with recognizing that there are
>winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have even
>abolished failing grades, and they'll give you as much time as you want to
>get the right answer on an exam. This doesn't bear the slightest
>resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
>
>Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off, and
>very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. You are
>supposed to do that on your own time.
>
>Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to
>leave the coffee shop, and go out and find a job.
>
>Rule 11: Be nice to NERDS. Chances are you will end up working for one.
