Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 06:11:13 +0200 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Message-ID: <005401c1db8e$c2861290$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020401153352.02b99760@nospam.lariat.org> <3CA8EB5F.2E91B408@mindspring.com> <1017709221.71119.5.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> <3CA91382.4E4E2B@mindspring.com> <003a01c1da0e$4ec56080$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20020402161351.A26122@wantadilla.lemis.com> <006901c1da80$599af0c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20020403085624.J26122@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020403075529.00d0adf0@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020403163134.01cbae00@nospam.lariat.org>
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Brett writes: > Actually, Gates was rich from the get-go. He came > from a very wealthy family. He did not have a billion dollars to pour into software development. > This had nothing whatsoever to do with its > success. It had _everything_ to do with it. The high intelligence of its employees is probably the single most important factor in Microsoft's success. Without smart employees, the company would have made poor decisions, and poorer products, and it would be where, say, Netscape is today. Bill Gates' best decision was to hire people at least as smart as he is. > Microsoft succeeded primarily by default... > Its much larger competitor, DRI, didn't show > up to provide a DOS for the IBM PC. See my comments on intelligence above. Intelligent companies show up to demonstrate their product; unintelligent companies go hang-gliding instead. > Microsoft licensed a mediocre product from > Seattle Computer products, called it its own, > and the rest is history. Anyone could have done that; but Microsoft apparently had the brains to figure out how to do it first. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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