1. Chuckle at Bill's expense
Anyone who knows a little bit about computers will get a laugh out of this
recent press release from Redmond:
Irv
2. Re: Chuckle at Bill's expense
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Quoting from the article:
"A lot of people think technology transfer is like a Rube Goldberg machine
where you take technology and stick it in one side, and then the stuff just
pops
out in the product group on the other side," Schofield said. "In reality,
technology transfer is a far more organic process."
Read the last sentence carefully and a remember, as the Book of Reminders says:
"It is said: "Manure happens." This is not so. Manure is the result of a
natural process. We all create manure..." And also remember that Fertilizer is
manufactured... or published by billion dollar corporations... Just think:
without all of the fertilizer they've sold Linux would never have become a
viable option...
At 08:03 AM 03/04/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Anyone who knows a little bit about computers will get a laugh out of this
>recent press release from Redmond:
>
>Irv
Joel H. Crook
"A Strong house is built upon a strong foundation. What are your beliefs built
upon?"
-- "The Book of Reminders"
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Quoting from the article:<br>
<br>
"A lot of people think technology transfer is like a Rube Goldberg
machine<br>
where you take technology and stick it in one side, and then the stuff
just pops<br>
out in the product group on the other side," Schofield said.
"In reality,<br>
technology transfer is a far more organic process."<br>
<br>
Read the last sentence carefully and a remember, as the Book of Reminders
says:<br>
"<font size=2>It is said: "Manure happens." This is
not so. Manure is the result of a natural process. We all create
manure..." And also remember that Fertilizer is manufactured... or
published by billion dollar corporations... Just think: without all of
the fertilizer they've sold Linux would never have become a viable
option...<br>
<br>
</font>At 08:03 AM 03/04/2000 -0500, you wrote:<br>
>Anyone who knows a little bit about computers will get a laugh out of
this<br>
>recent press release from Redmond:<br>
><a href="http://microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/02-28w2k.asp"
eudora="autourl">http://microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/02-28w2k.asp</a><br>
><br>
>Irv<br>
<br>
Joel H. Crook<br>
<br>
"<b><i>A Strong house is built upon a strong foundation. What are
your beliefs built upon</b></i>?"<br>
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3. Re: Chuckle at Bill's expense
- Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM>
Mar 04, 2000
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Last edited Mar 05, 2000
Joel Crook <joel at MAIL.K-A.COM> wrote:
> Just think:
> without all of the fertilizer they've sold Linux would never have become a
> viable option...
Yep, I've bought quite a few loads of that fertilizer, myself...
I thought the article lead was particularly revealing:
<Quote:>
Microsoft Research Innovations Enhance Windows 2000
REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 28, 2000 -- Three years ago, Bill Bolosky and two
Microsoft colleagues were brainstorming technology advances when an idea
occurred to them -- why not save operating system disk space by storing
duplicate files as links that point to a single file housed in a central
location?
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I can't help but wonder if that idea occurred to them just after they got a
copy of
Linux. Their "idea", symbolic links, is older than Linux, and has been a
part of Unix for a long time, as far as I know.
It seems increasingly common to simply take credit for a good idea, and then
rely on general ignorance to hide the fact that it was "borrowed"; e.g.: Al
Gore's creation of the internet.
I need a good PR staff to announce my latest breakthru discovery,
"electricityT"....
Irv
