Re: [Avid-L2] Re: RIP Steve Jobs

I agree about Gates and his fortunes. Good stuff.

Not-so-good Anti-Trust stuff, tho, huh?

I just hate Gates, sorry.

That's all I'll say 'bout that.

On Oct 5, 2011, at 9:09 PM, Jim Feeley wrote:

> John, your criticism applies almost equally to Apple. At least Gates
> paid for QDOS. What did Jobs pay Xerox and the people who developed
> Mach, BSD, and straight-up UNIX?
> Sure, Apple created and commercialized a lot of great stuff. But their
> stuff was always expensive. I think MS, Intel, and the IBM clone
> companies deserve some credit for creating functional and useful
> machines that a whole lot of people could afford.
>
> Also, what Bill Gates is doing with his fortune is mostly
> amazing...arguably sometimes misguided, but still amazing and will I
> think make the world a better place. Don't know what Jobs has done (or
> intended to have done) with his fortune; perhaps we'll find out soon.
> Sure, he doesn't owe anyone anything, and he left behind quite a legacy.
>
> Sad to see him go.
>
> Jim Feeley
> jfeeley@gmail.com
>
> On Oct 5, 2011, at 6:00 PM, John Kilgour wrote:
>
> > Antiqued, stolen operating system (DOS), ripped off GUI from I
> > forget whom (was it Xerox)?
> >
> > On Oct 5, 2011, at 8:51 PM, Dom Q. Silverio wrote:
> >
> >> Direct X, Xbox, Windows 95, Internet Explorer, FAT 32, technology
> >> related to smartphones, etc.
> >>
> >> People tend to undervalue MS contribution to the computer industry
> >> because they are the "Big Bad Wolf" but they have done as much to
> >> computing as any of the Silicone Valley companies.
> >> You may hate their products but many of them contributed to computers
> >> mass appeal and affordability.
> >>
> >> On 10/5/2011 8:34 PM, John Kilgour wrote:
> >>> Gates?
> >>>
> >>> Let's not get crazy here
> >>>
> >>> On Oct 5, 2011, at 8:28 PM, Dom Q. Silverio wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Huh?
> >>>>
> >>>> MLK, Ford, Oppenheimer, Gates?
> >>>>
> >>>> On 10/5/2011 8:08 PM, Lou Wirth wrote:
> >>>>> I was just talking to my wife saying I'm not sure who else so
> >>>>> profoundly changed the world in the past century. You may have
> >>>>> to go back to Einstein.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Oct 5, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Terence Curren wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Amen.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Dom Q.
> >>>>>> Silverio"<domqsilverio@...> wrote:
> >>>>>>> One of the great minds of our time.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Rest In Peace
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> DQS
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>> Lou Wirth Productions
> >>>>> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> >>>>> Corte Madera, CA 94925
> >>>>> www.louwirth.com
> >>>>> 415-924-9411p
>
>

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