From: peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Alpha release Linux/GNU/X unix clone on CDROM for PCs Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1992 20:10:56 GMT
In article <1992Nov29.023714.16318@leland.Stanford.EDU> dkeisen@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dave Eisen) writes:
> Speak for yourself, Peter. I for one would be overjoyed to
> produce less than the best product I can and make 5 billion
> dollars for doing so.
But would you be willing to do it for a long-shot chance at making those
5 billion? A billion-to-one chance?
Would you be willing to put your money where your mouth is and do this today?
> Bill Gates obviously has some talents that most of the rest
> of us don't have. He might not be the hacker you are or I
> am, but he is one hell of a better marketer. And that is a
> much more difficult and much more valuable talent.
Well, it's certainly a better-paid talent, but I don't equate that with
more valueable. I firmly believe that Bill Gates has single-handedly put
personal computers back ten years or more by his actions.
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