From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Feb 14 15:48:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA27156 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:48:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lab.cba.ualr.edu (lab.cba.ualr.edu [144.167.120.221]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA27126 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:47:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joe@lab.cba.ualr.edu) Received: from access62.mod1.ualr.edu (access62.mod1.ualr.edu [144.167.7.62]) by lab.cba.ualr.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA21692; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:47:53 -0600 Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:47:35 -0600 (CST) From: Joe X-Sender: joe@loki.ualr.edu To: bpechter@shell.monmouth.com cc: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day: Watch out for Linux tactics In-Reply-To: <199902142324.SAA00470@pechter.nws.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Actually, the challenge was to see if any CEO's knew how to use their own products. When asked, an IBM exec could not format a floppy ( or didn't care). Ironically, the only one to accept the challenge was a GM exec and he changed the oil in his car. Do you think Bill cares if he can install his own product or not? That's what VP's are for..... On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Bill Pechter wrote: > Someone want to see if Bill Gates can install Win95 with networking. > I remember that one time a Ford exec was the only one who took the challenge > of changing his own oil in a pickup. > > Bill > > > On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 05:10:43PM -0500, Drew Baxter wrote: > > > At 05:04 PM 2/14/99 , Josef Grosch wrote: > > > >We have spoken to microsoft several times and they have said that they will > > > >be open. Now, if that is just a ploy and they are closed then this is all > > > >the better. Do you remember the movie "Roger and Me" ? > > > > > > I'm 17, it's likely I've been exposed to different things than my peers, > > > but I can't say that I have heard of that off the top of my head :-) > > > > > > Maybe I'll jump into IMDB later and go check it out. > > > > A highly recommended documentary about the author and general gadfly Michael > > Moore trying to interview General Motors chairman of the board Roger Moore > > about why GM closed the Flint, Michigan plant and threw thousands of > > people out of work. Roger Moore spent the entire movie dodging Michael > > Moore and came off looking like he and GM had something to hide. It was a > > very big black mark against GM. The film is out on video and Blockbuster > > does carry it. > > > > > > Josef > > > > -- > > Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.0 > > jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > > > > > --- > Bill Gates is a Persian cat and a monocle away from being a > villain in a James Bond movie -- Dennis Miller > bpechter@shell.monmouth.com|pechter@pechter.nws.net|pechter@pechter.ddns.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message