A quick Google search using 'titans of tech' will reveal much.  If I have a
chance, I will record it for you.  It's for these occasional instances that
you might consider a satellite dish.

Denys...

----Original Message-----
   >From:       "F. Alfredo Rego" <[log in to unmask]>
   >To:                 "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
   >Cc:                 "Denys Beauchemin" <[log in to unmask]>;"Ric Merz"
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   >Bcc:
   >Subj:       Re: [HP3000-L] Contingency Planning
   >Type:       IPM.Note
   >Sent:       Saturday, November 24, 2001 8:55 PM
   >
   >Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
   >
   >>Just FYI, I do not know Bill Gates, I have never met the man.
   >
   >Neither have I.
   >
   >
   >>I do not know
   >>anyone that has ever worked directly for him, so I can't say one way or
   >>another whether he screams and yells.
   >
   >Neither can I.  Ric?
   >
   >
   >>... just a few days ago, I watched a documentary
   >>entitled "Titans of Tech", and the hour was about Steve Ballmer, the
   >>president and CEO of Microsoft.  If anything, I think M$ is much more
like
   >>him.
   >>
   >>I knew nothing of Steve Ballmer until I watched the program.  He had
perfect
   >>SAT scores, his math teacher said there is no problem he couldn't
figure
   >>out, that he was a pure genius.  He is a driven man, very intense, more
so
   >>than Bill Gates, it would appear and his employees like him a lot.  The
   >>documentary was really interesting.  If ever you can catch it again, I
would
   >>strongly recommend it.
   >
   >Could you perhaps video it for me, please?  I'm not connected to TV
   >(yes, I know, yet another of my many handicaps)...
   >
   >
   >>It is always good to know your adversary, if that is
   >>how you feel.
   >
   >Not at all.  I believe in win-win-win-win situations, not in zero-sum
   >(or worse, in negative-sum) games.  I believe in positive-sum games.
   >
   >
   >>I was just interested in learning about the CEO of Microsoft,
   >>a company that is very successful in this or any other industry.
   >
   >You have expressed, very eloquently, what I tried to say in my
   >awkward way.  Thanks!  Somebody (whether Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer
   >or anybody else) has certainly done an outstanding job carrying
   >Windows from where it was 10 years ago to where it is now.  Obviously,
   >MANY other people were involved in actually doing the work (i.e.,
   >"where the rubber meets the road"), but somebody had to have the
   >vision AND the mission AND the drive.  I am very sorry that I used
   >the name "Bill Gates" to refer to this outstanding person.  Please
   >fill in the blank with your favorite candidate.  And please do
   >likewise for MPE/Image :-)
   >
   >
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   >  |      a        |  Manager, R & D Labs
   >  |    d          |  Adager Corporation
   >  |  A            |  Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000            U.S.A.
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