From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Fri Nov 15 2002 - 10:31:05 MST
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
>From: Alexander Sheppard [mailto:alexandersheppard@hotmail.com] " Do you
>think the fruits of Bill Gates labor is really all that $50 billion?"
>
>Alexander,
> If you think of any inventor that has made a great invention it is
>true that they gave to us much more than we ever give or gave to them. Tesla
>died broke or nearly so yet he gave us AC electricity. Ford made a mint but
>even so what we gave him will never equal what he gave us.
> So, Alexander, I hear you and I do understand that it seems that Bill
>Gates has a lot of money but look around at the impact of the PC -- we will
>never repay him.
Actually, he will never repay us of the years he robbed halting
innovation, stealing from and crushing competitors, and so on. The $50
billion is the result of a highly skilled marketing and legal team, and
has nothing to do with the (inferior) quality of its products.
Ciao,
Alfio
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