I believe that the selection of candidates is too closely tied to computers. There is more to technology than digital electronics which most people seem to think is the total of technology. There is surely a more representative set of individuals who would make a better choice. Gates is not included.
m f moon ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:34:36 PM PST From: "Ziser, Jesse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:42018] RE: names mentioned in the news as candidates for CTO Hah. Yeah, I have to agree, Bill Gates is a brilliant businessman and I'm a Windows user personally, but I don't think he needs more power. He seems to have vaguely anticompetitive leanings that bother me a little (and more importantly, many other Americans). Since Obama is a Mac user, though, I don't think this will happen. ;-) Really it would be ideal to appoint someone who doesn't have such a large stake in any one company, so as to avoid hiring someone who is going to use his position to maneuver the government into the position most favorable to his company's business model. Can't think of any such person, (excepting of course some of the USMA's people, who probably aren't on the radar). --- Nat Hager III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He'd introduce a Cabinet 1.0 to be replaced with service-pack appointments by mid-summer. Each > new appointment would consume more resources, until the entire government would slow to a crawl > and freeze. Every so often he'd have to shut down the entire government, and re-start. > > <g> > Nat > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Teran McKinney > Sent: Friday, 2008 November 21 7:35 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Cc: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:42010] RE: names mentioned in the news as candidates for CTO > > > I'm sorry, but Bill Gates would be a terrible choice. He would > monopolize on his position to give Microsoft an even larger edge. Bill > Gates knows how to exploit the market; he isn't a modern techie that > we would want in a CTO position. I don't know of anyone who I would > recommend, but certainly not Gates or Ballmer. > > Cheers, > Teran > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 08:23, Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It looks like a job for Super-Paul. > > > > Seriously, though, as Public Relations Director for the US Metric > > Association, Paul is the ideal one to put out a press release on this. > > > > I don't know how realistic it is, at this stage, to say we're a few points > > from being in fourth place. As I write this, we're 171 points behind fifth > > place and 336 votes behind fourth place. I think it's very good -- and very > > newsworthy -- that we're in the top ten. In fact, as the seventh-place > > proposal is well behind us (by over 1000 votes), I think our sixth place is > > probably assured. So, Paul could certainly say we're sixth. > > > > Now awaiting Paul's reaction. > > > > Bill > > ________________________________ > > Bill Potts > > WFP Consulting > > Roseville, CA > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Pat Naughtin > > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 23:03 > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: [USMA:42008] RE: names mentioned in the news as candidates for CTO > > > > Dear All, > > On 2008/11/21, at 3:56 PM, Mike Millet wrote: > > ' our metric topic on obamacto seems to need only a hundred points to be in > > fifth place and then a couple hundred more to be in fourth :).' > > This looks like it has the possibility to be a great news story. Maybe now > > is the time to generate media releases in your area that say something > > about: > > 1 The metric system is only a few points from being in fourth place on the > > Chief Technical Officer (CTO) list of important issues. > > 2 Following the inauguration of Barack Obama, the metric system could be > > high on the list of issues for the new presidency. > > 3 Something about possible candidates for the position of CTO: Jeff Bezos > > from Amazon, Vint Cerf from Google, Bill Gates from Microsoft, Bill Joy from > > Sun Microsystems, or Eric Schmidt from Google. > > 4 Some positive thoughts on what the metric system will mean for the USA. > > You might like to think about the savings to be made and the possibilities > > for international cooperation and trade. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin > > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > > Geelong, Australia > > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > > thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands > > each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > > provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and > > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian > > Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the > > UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication > > information, contact Pat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to get > > the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go > > to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.8/1800 - Release Date: 2008-11-20 19:28 > >
