Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Sat 26th Jul 2008 16:08 UTC
Weekend fun for the OS junkies. A collection of some interesting quotes from the three influential figures in the history of Operating Systems. Some of the quotes are controversial and some of them are just shockingly funny. Personal favorite: Steve Jobs' quote about Bill Gates "He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger."
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Member since:2006-01-23
Yes, Bill Gates... most of the potshots against him were taken by people jealous of his success.
When I see comments like this, the first thing I think is just how ethically bankrupt the world is. You need to face the fact that Bill Gates, like Getty, and the other Robber Barons, is nobody to look up to. History will not treat them kindly because Ethical Bankruptcy isn't an admirable trait.
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2006-02-05
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation
Bill Gates is directly responsible for over 1.5 billion dollars a year going towards things like HIV research, Financial services for the poor, and Global libraries. Yeah, the world will defiantly remember him as Hitler 2 because he didn't do anything spectacular, like write emacs and give away the source.
You and I have a different view of ethical bankruptcy. I don't care how capitalistic a guy is or what he did in the IT sector, if he devotes his life to being a source for good in the world, that is laudable. And to think that silly things like IT politics outweigh that is kind of sick.
Edited 2008-07-27 01:28 UTC
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2005-07-06
Yes, Bill Gates does indeed get bad press all the time.
Like the article said, he was once the worlds richest man, and most of the potshots against him were taken by people jealous of his success.
Torvalds is a complete loon, can we have some more quotes please Linus ?