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Re: Unpopular argument: Sending tech jobs abroad is good

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From: Zalek Bloom
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 12:30
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"Ang" <adduci@optonline.net> wrote in message news:<Ct_Ub.1548$WY4.980952@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>...
> But he/they didn't CREATE BASIC....just their version of it.
> Didn't CREATE C.
> Didn't CREATE C++.
> Didn't CREATE SQL...HTML....XML..BROWSERS...Windowing....etc
> 
> Took features of Java and C++ and "made" C#.
> 
> In fact, what has MS ever  CREATED. They bought, stole, renamed and copied
> their way to the top.
> 
> They even had the balls to take the common word NET and make it into a
> product.
> 
> That alone should tell everyone what MS is about.
> 
> Gates was a geek who made it on he business sense not programming.
> 

Yes - it shows that Mr. Gates is great businessman. Instead spending
money on development he borrows good ideas from idiots that spend
money on R&D.
Recently, instead of spending money fixing security of broken WinXP he
offered price to find hackers that utilized security fixes. Very sound
business decision.

Zalek

 
> 
> "Richard Hutnik" <richardhutnik@hotmail.com> wrote 
> >
> > Gates developed Microsoft Basic, and his team developed other
> > programming languages also.  He is the reason why "Ready" in basic got
> > changed to "Ok" (it saved a few bytes).
> >
> > Gates is a techie geek, but also he has business sense.
> > - Richard Hutnik
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From: zalekbloom@hotmail.com (Zalek Bloom)
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Subject: Re: Unpopular argument: Sending tech jobs abroad is good
Date: 8 Feb 2004 04:30:28 -0800
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