No end to Linux.

Mon Jul 15 18:28:20 CDT 2002

Things are going to get VERY ugly in Corporate America in the near 
future.  A dirty little accounting trick that they use to hide expenses 
is to pay employees with stock options.  For some asinine reason, this 
doesn't have to be reported as a business expense.  Everyone talks about 
Bill's $40 billion in the bank, but when you account for stock options, 
M$ of hard-core in the red.  I heard at lunch that they're talking about 
fixing this loophole (no doubt lobbied into existence by those 
exploiting it now).  Poetic justice if M$ goes under when they're dirty 
dealings get outed.

Maybe the pessimistic bear from that commercial is right..."Dow 5,000. 
NASDAQ 800."  I'd be laughing my ass off at these shysters if my job 
weren't in jeopardy.

dattaway at attaway.net wrote:

>I don't think Mr. Gates has much control over his company anymore.  From
>what I have heard, working there is very competitive and cutthroat.  I
>have seen in the past more than one story of people sometimes get their
>desk cleared and others promoted on a moments noticed.  It seems to me
>each team is competing against another to claim they were the ones who
>drove up the stock value.  Pretty much the way politics are at any large
>company.  Except they are more than just the Walmart of software.  There 
>used to be viable competitors, but none no more...
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>I wish I still had the mp3 of an old classic radio interview with Bill
>before Microsoft made the bigtime.  He was complaining about copyrighted
>software being freely copied and how little profit motive would be gained
>by the authors.  He became a hero by those who wanted to make a profit.  
>His company attracted those people and became big.  He was also young and
>made lots of grandious statements during interviews, including phrases
>like "world domination."  Some companies really become aggressive when
>they go public. Sometime between then and now, it became the cancerous
>gorilla it is today.
>
>It seems a few years ago, Bill finally caught wind of how much he was
>appreciated lately and finally started to change.  Then started the
>donations to charity.  Of course, they ended up bundling software
>donations in that to help the company's bottom line.  Seems like he can't
>escape a deal with the devil.  That company has so many business partners,
>marketing companies, and license contracts, I doubt we will ever be free
>from Windows.
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>On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Ian wrote:
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>>I too believe that there would be no end to Linux. Linux shall always
>>live free. But in light of the new Lindows OS and Microsoft, Bill Gates
>>is a very spoiled man. I don't think that he could stop Linux, but I
>>would worry about Lindows. Even though Windows is not trademarked thus
>>making it legal to use the name sort of, Bill will try to take advantage
>>of the system to gain. He should not be allowed to sue the creators of
>>Lindows, Microsoft is the biggest monopoly of any companies out there. I
>>think that they are the reason places such as Xerox, and Adelphia are
>>going belly up. Paul Allen one of Bills Buddies, not to mention who was
>>at Microsoft from the start owns Charter Communications. Now he is going
>>to buy Adelphia and make it his own, and guess who will profit from that
>>Microsoft and Bill. If Microsoft should win in the end I don't think it
>>would be the end of Linux, but it would slow down its evolution. And
>>that can not be allowed to happen. Bill needs the competition or he
>>would have no fun. He needs to realize that Windows is not the only OS
>>out there and he needs to deal with it and not try to profit off of it,
>>such as the case with Apple and Macintosh for which he owns fifty
>>percent of. The only reason Bill is where he is today is because he is a
>>thief. Nothing that has come from him is original thinking. He is what
>>he is because of Steve Jobs and Steve Wassniac.  "Good artist copy,
>>Great artist steal" Bill Gates.
>>
>>Ian
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