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- From: jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Joseph T. Malloy)
- Subject: Re: Bill Gates: What a weenie...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.033232.20935@itsmail1.hamilton.edu>
- Organization: Hamilton College - Clinton, NY
- References: <dlcogswe.726111080@vela>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:32:32 GMT
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- In article <dlcogswe.726111080@vela> dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell) writes:
- >Did anybody catch Bill Gates' interview on This Week with David
- >Brinkley? It had to be the most awkward ten minutes of television
- >history. What a geek.
- >
- >One good point: he admitted that he's the richest man in the U.S.
- >because he was in the right place at the right time.
- >
- >I especially like the bone he threw to IBM about how they were "still
- >likely to play an important role in the computer industry" followed by a
- >nervous grin (i.e., "I didn't really believe what I just said, but I
- >sure wish they still liked me...").
- >
- >All in all, I'm glad I'm not buying this man's products.
- >
- >--
- >Dan Cogswell Or as we say in Michigan: "Dee-troit"
- >
- Well, I *am* buying this guy's products (they work just peachy-keen for
- me!) and I thought it was pretty embarassing, not so much for Bill (who
- really had little of value or interest to say) but for the almost
- fawning attitude (at least relatively so) of his questioners (especially
- George Will (Not), Mr. "I own your stock, Mr. Gates, sir, and I am
- thankful for what you've done for me"). To my mind, this topic of the
- "baby boomers come to power" could have been much better done (though it
- was fun to see/hear Bill G. claim he wasn't one of the boomers, heck
- that's what the program was about!). Oh well, it's just televsion: now
- back to the OS/2 vx. Evil Microsoft battles...
-
- Joseph T. Malloy / WB2RBA
- Associate Professor of German / Hamilton College / Clinton, New York
- jmalloy@hamilton.edu
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