Glenn, I think he's currently second richest, I can't remember his name, but there's a guy in Mexico who owns a telecom company who is currently richer. Of course at that level, what's a billion or two?
Wayne On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Glenn <[email protected]> wrote: > Wayne, > > True, I don't know all the the details of MS's financials. But I do know > that > Bill Gates is probably the richest man in the world and it's all due to MS. > I guess that's where my bias comes in. > > Also, MS might be in a better financial position if they weren't so > arrogant. > Hence OpenOffice, LibreOffice and NeoOffice. > > Let MS die. They missed the boat and the market through arrogance. > Let them die by their own sword. > > Glenn > P.S. I see we have similar credentials from the same time period. > > On 4/16/11 9:46 PM, Wayne Borean wrote: > >> Glenn, >> >> I learned programming on an IBM mainframe using Punch Cards, my start in >> the >> industry predates Microsoft's founding. I can remember the switch from >> CP/M >> to DOS 1.0. So yes, I know exactly what Microsoft did to the industry, and >> how they did it. I've actually read many of the legal filings from the >> U.S. >> anti-trust case. >> >> I also know their financial limits which you don't. >> >> Wayne >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Glenn<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hey GPD. >>> >>> Were you born yesterday? You seem to have no idea of the brutality MS >>> applied in the '80's and the following 2 decades against users. >>> >>> You don't have any overall computer savvy as far as I can tell; >>> you don't even know iMAC. >>> >>> The SEC stuff is a financial-gain ruse to rob users. >>> >>> Do some research and include all users. >>> >>> Educate yourself before making pronouncements. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Glenn >>> >>> > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
