This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: RIP Steve Jobs

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