From: dkeisen@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dave Eisen) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Alpha release Linux/GNU/X unix clone on CDROM for PCs Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1992 02:37:14 GMT
In article <id.ACDV.6RG@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <1992Nov28.183309.29477@u.washington.edu> tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
>> Why was it Bill Gates?
>
>The rest of us were unwilling to produce less than the best product we could,
>and unwilling to discard a technically superior design in favor of one which,
>while tragically crippled, would make us more money.
Speak for yourself, Peter. I for one would be overjoyed to
produce less than the best product I can and make 5 billion
dollars for doing so.
Bill Gates obviously has some talents that most of the rest
of us don't have. He might not be the hacker you are or I
am, but he is one hell of a better marketer. And that is a
much more difficult and much more valuable talent.
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