[OT] Market Snare

[Rob Cozens]

Stephen,et al:

>Jobs' contributions a lot more than Bill Gates'. As I see it, he 
>didn't invent anything...just resold or stole stuff that others did.

I find Microsoft's business tactics--since they attained market 
dominance--deplorable.

However, to the extent that "Pirates of the Silicon Valley" was based on fact:

* Gates had at least the same involvement in developing the 
predecessor to MS/DOS as Jobs had in development of the original Apple PC.

* Gates was the first O/S vendor to negotiate a per-unit royalty 
instead of fixed compensation from the hardware vendor.

* Neither Gates nor Jobs is a saint.

* One would probably hate working for Jobs as much or more than 
working for Gates.

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)