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- From: lmalloy@abacus.bates.edu (Laura G. Malloy)
- Subject: Re: Bill Gates: What a weenie...
- Organization: Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 03:38:29 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan5.175430.26032@zooid.guild.org> Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:
- >lmalloy@abacus.bates.edu (Laura G. Malloy) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan4.060918.23367@zooid.guild.org> Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:
- >>>
- >>[deleted: comments about Billy boy's TV apppearance]
- >>>
- >>>And he mentioned that "We hire smart people." When I saw Mr. Letwin's
- >>>picture the first time, I thought I have seen Jesus! In order to
- >>>create a _GOOD_ product, everybody has to be involved. One "smart"
- >>>person doesn't help, it's a group effort. Hey, Microsoft had the source
- >>>code rights to V7 for years and they still can't produce a multitasking
- >>>DOS. This should tell people something.
- >>>
- >>
- >>While I agree that Bill Gates didn't do a very intelligent job in the
- >>interview, I fail to see what insulting Gordon Letwin (whom I have never
- >>seen or met) has to do with anything. Pretty darn gratuitous -- it
- >>undercuts the probity of your comments.
- >>
- >>Joseph T. Malloy / jmalloy@hamilton.edu
- >>Associate Professor of German / Hamilton College / Clinton, New York
- >
- >
- >Mr. Letwin's believe is that he is the god of software development. On several
- >times he pointed this out. Furthermore, you might not like what I said, but
- >once again, you can skip the message.
-
- I've seen only a very few of Letwin's postings and what I read didn't
- seem so awful (he's no less cocky than any number of people in many,
- many different Usenet groups!), but maybe he is a PITA. Still,
- questioning his ability on the basis of his apparent appearance strikes
- me as rather jejeune. And mentioning him at all -- since he was hardly
- the subject of the matter in question -- was entirely gratuitous, IOW, a
- cheap shot.
- >
- >So, die Moral von der Geschicht, halbe Eier rollen nicht?
-
- Ich antworte mit einem (gehofften!) Wortspiel: Das ist ja nur die
- Haelfte der Wahrheit dieser Eierkoepfe!
-
- Tschuess!
- >
- >Best Regards,
- >Mark K.
-
- Joe
-
-