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I picked up on the same thing almost immediately. I think he was being very clever. He's found another way to put Linux in a pigeonhole - "oh sure, great little project, but it's a few hundred people at most and what about all these really important things that thousands can be involved in?"

If you go back to the original work on Windows NT you find the same atmosphere. A handful of people were responsible for the architecture of NT. Individual developers headed up small teams that worked on important subsystems. It was in some ways a "skunkworks" project inside Microsoft, which was still making its bread-and-butter off MS-DOS and Windows 3.1, and was struggling to find an answer to the OS/2 threat.

Anymore it seems like Bill uses Microsoft as though it were a cloud of locusts waiting to descend on a wheat field. Just show me a target, man, and I'll be all over it. It's true that his army can grab almost any good idea and bend it to fit Windows. No doubt he'd LIKE to have a few more of the "best and brightest" consider working at Microsoft and innovate in-house so he doesn't have to steal other peoples' ideas.

Somewhere in here there's an analogy to Imperial storm troopers vs. that bunch of rascally rebels...
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Interesting, sort of.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
Of course Gates has probably been the BIGGEST detractor to the industry  Bobby Sskcat | 03/01/04
Only a small part?  Michael Kelly | 03/01/04
What people want from pc's.  Anton Philidor | 03/01/04
What comp sci students are interested in  Mark Miller | 03/01/04
Gates distance  Louis Ross Focke | 03/02/04
Put your money where your mouth is  Michael Kelly | 03/01/04
They do, in India.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
They do..... what?!!  el1jones | 03/01/04
Ummm Bill does invest in US education  Squawkbox | 03/01/04
And how do you know those numbers aren't fudged???  Bobby Sskcat | 03/01/04
Ya know it must suck to be you  Squawkbox | 03/01/04
You mean like the "research" that Arthur Andersson and Enron put out?  Bobby Sskcat | 03/01/04
this "ehtics" problem started when  JWatson77 | 03/02/04
god damn conspiracy theorists  PmAc_z | 03/02/04
$2Billion in Microsoft Money? What is that in Real dollars?  brenthawkinsmd | 03/01/04
re : $2Billion in Microsoft Money? What is that in Real dollars?  JWatson77 | 03/02/04
The Sputnik Effect  Anton Philidor | 03/01/04
Maybe that's what he wants  el1jones | 03/01/04
MS Employees very well paid.  PmAc_z | 03/02/04
Seems you would know... no salaries on their site.  el1jones | 03/02/04
A contradiction in terms  michael-t | 03/01/04
The Linux dialogue is interesting.  Anton Philidor | 03/01/04
innovation needs talent, not numbers  GDF | 03/02/04
Capture Suckers Early Before They Experience Linux  brenthawkinsmd | 03/01/04
Re: Capture Suckers Early Before They Experience Linux  Mark Miller | 03/01/04
really  JWatson77 | 03/02/04
FLASH: MS to encourage export of US jobs by lowering non-US prices !  Plain Logic | 03/01/04
So out of touch with reality...  emartin_z | 03/01/04
Very interesting article!  GraysonPeddie | 03/01/04
XML IS just like COBOL  jorwell | 03/02/04
Computer science is a poor career choice today  AV . | 03/02/04
Computer Science is a great career choice today  bjcollin | 03/02/04
If (or should I say 'when') you get your pink slip...  emartin_z | 03/02/04
Re: If (or should I say 'when') you get your pink slip...  bjcollin | 03/09/04
excellent observation  dmennie | 03/05/04
CEOs don't hire USA Computer Science graduates.  dianna.terry@... | 03/02/04
Adapt or Perish  Debunker | 03/02/04
fool's gold  AV . | 03/02/04
(NT) Great Interview!  P. Douglas | 03/02/04
Microsoft is wellknown market driven  ccnote | 03/03/04
Excellent Mr. Gates  msdead | 03/03/04
Reality check for Mr Gates  OverTheHill | 03/03/04

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