Rich Grise wrote:

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:41:30 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:


Gary H writes:


Awwww, please don't practice your dime store psychology on me?

I don't recall mentioning you. Hmm.


I know Bill Gates is much much smarter than I am, no question
about it. I didn't say he wasn't. I merely said he was a thief
with accomplices before and after the fact. Why do you have to
make it complicated?

Do you find "dime-store" psychology to be complicated?

Bill Gates is no more a thief than any other corporate CEO. He
happens to be the founder of a very successful company, and the
founders of successful companies are routinely demonized, typically
without any rational basis for doing so.


I've heard him called a "brilliant opportunist", which, AFAIU,
means, "being in the right place at the right time and being
conscious/sober enough at the time to spot the goose that's laying
the golden egg".

There's certainly something to be said for having the snap to recognize a
golden opportunity. Remember, IBM wanted to use CPM and went to Digital
Research FIRST.

I want to sell bumper stickers that say, "If you're so rich, howcome
you're not smart?" ;-)

Reminds me of an old commercial with a rich fellow in his limo clipping
coupons and a startled bystander exclaims "as rich as you are you clip
coupons?" and the rich dude replies "how do you think I got to be so rich?"


Thanks!
Rich