Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[sheercon@earthlink.net]

>
> Gates' organization first of all conned the Seattle company out of their
> operating system, and then stole the MacOS. When Jobs & Co went to Xerox, it
> was all open and above board, and the level of development of the Xerox
> system was hardly at an advanced stage. They could not for instance have
> more than one window open at a time, and had to fake it for the demo. So it
> not really a fair comparison. I did see the movie on Father's Day, and am
> sure glad that neither Jobs nor Gates is my Father. Neither is a nice
> person, but in my opinion, based on what I have read and observed over the
> years, Gates is little more than a crook, and at least Jobs has a streak of
> genius in him.
>
> Just my 2 cents.

"...at least Jobs has a streak of genius in him."

That is interesting... you know that Steve Wozniak is the one who designed the early
Apple's and wrote the software, right? If you want to give credit to someone, give
it to him.Without him there never would have been Apple computers.

White shirts are a dime a dozen; it's just being in the right place at the right
time.