I wrote 'Nuke Redmond'

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun May 7 13:03:31 2000

It's Billy's job to be ruthless. He's managing the finances of a very large
enterprise, and has responsibilities to his stockholders, employees, OEM
customers, end-users, and vendors.

I'd say he's successful because he and his staff, many of whom he picked out
personally, are extremely well-focused.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner <spc_at_armigeron.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: I wrote 'Nuke Redmond'


> It was thus said that the Great Bill Dawson once stated:
> >
> > And while I'm on the soapbox, I'll state the obvious. Bill Gates is a
> > shrewd thief and an accomplished liar. About the only original product
MS
> > ever had was BASIC. IBM screwed Digital Research with the pricing of
CP/M
> > for the PC. Gates was no small part of this.
>
> How? Bill Gates just licenced MS-DOS to IBM for a cheaper price than DR
> did CP/M. I can't see Bill Gates saying to IBM, ``If you don't charge
more
> for CP/M than for MS-DOS, we'll walk.'' Bill Gates is ruthless but not
> stupid.
>
> -spc (Not that I'm trying to defend him or anything ... )
>
>
>
Received on Sun May 07 2000 - 13:03:31 BST