At 12:16 PM 11/24/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>>At 05:10 PM 11/21/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>>>Ahem...  I have always said, in public, that I admire Bill Gates
>>  >and his wonderful leadership...
>>
>>Wonderful leadership?  From what I have heard, he likes to yell and scream.
>>  Also somewhat of a crook, if you consider business ethics to mean
anything.
>
>You are right, Ric.  I stand corrected.  What "quality" (if any) should
>we then use to describe what Bill Gates did to make Windows the force
>that it is now (when compared to what it was in 1991, let's say)?
>

OK, I've only heard stories from 3rd parties on the yelling, but as far as
what "quality" to describe Bill & M/S, please see the following story:

http://news.cnet.com/news/0,10000,0-1003-200-341833,00.html

I feel that putting errors into software to disable the competition goes
way past proper ethics.

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