Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, This is a troll, right? Intelligence (or lack of it), is no cause for embarrassment. (You may stop blushing). I have nothing personal against Bill Gates. In fact (from what I've heard) he seems to be a very interesting person. He's even been known to support a few noble causes. This is good. Accumulation of wealth and power is also nothing to be ashamed of. But what about abuse of power and wealth? I think it likely that MS has accumulated some of its wealth and power by using predatory and monopolistic business tactics. Perhaps Bill Gates is, as you suggest, smarter and more intelligent than I am. If so, I suspect that I have a right to "Kvetch" about him using his intelligence for evil ends. It may sound like sour grapes to you, but the kvetching isn't what made the grapes sour. Mike Quinn Marc James Small wrote: > Well, Mike, I gather that you are not on close and warm terms with Bill Gates. > > Despite your kvetching, Gates is a successful businessman and has > established an empire in the computer world. He must know something about > this or he must employ those who DO kinow something about this. > > Your missive sounds like sour grapes. Are you embarrassed that you are > neither as smart nor as intelligent as he is? > At 08:59 PM 9/26/03 -0700, Mike Quinn wrote: >> Gates is a broker. He has never understood (good) programming, never updates >> unless forced to, prefers to buy up or drive out (rather than outprogram) >> the competition, and spends million to create (rather than meet) demand. >> >> He does price product within the reach of the consumer (after killing off >> the competition by giving it away until they fold). >> >> If leica followed the MS example, it would buy (or otherwise acquire) >> Minolta designs, degrade them a bit, and then spend lots of time and effort >> (1) preventing dealers from selling or stocking anything else and (2) >> secretly changing film to keep it from working correctly in competitor's >> cameras. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html