[lbo-talk] Re: Poll of Top 5 Public Intellectuals! Vote For Chomsky!

paul childs npchilds at shaw.ca
Mon Oct 3 10:16:18 PDT 2005



> I voted for:
>
> Gates
>
>surely, you jest?!!
>(this be the man who proclaimed that networking was of no importance, as
>late as the early 90s. and that's just the tip!).

Not to mention howlers like his claim about '640K of RAM being enough for anyone', comparing the evolution of the PC/software environment with the evolution of cars, and the virus disguised as an OS; Windows ME. And lets not mention his books. Seriously, lets not, they're awful.

He's a sharp business dude, I'll give him that, but even there he has managed to replace acumen with brute force; if your software does its job better than Windows look forward to getting bought up or your next version having 'compatability problems' with Windows. Pulling a fast one on IBM on the license for DOS over 20 years ago was pretty clever, but enough to make him an intellectual? No way.

PC

N P Childs

'I'm Mister Bad Example, the stranger in the dirt, I like to have a good time and I don't care who gets hurt'.

-Mr. Bad Example, W Zevon



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