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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.corpcomm.net!news.gate.net!news.icix.net!news.america.com!not-for-mail From: genie@enterprise.america.com (Breakdown) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Date: 3 May 1996 03:13:25 -0400 Organization: PSS InterNet Services, InterNet in Fl 904 253 7100 Lines: 73 Message-ID: <4mcbml$gsn@enterprise.america.com> References: <4ki055$60l@Radon.Stanford.EDU> <4lfm6m$d2c@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> <4lftn3$olb@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <317C8F0F.307E@curtin.edu.au> <4lgo4c$6fa@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <317E07F1.441D@curtin.edu.au> <317DAA16.42C86E59@lambert.org> <4lqpu1$j7q@news.missouri.edu> <31813BBE.467CAA89@lambert.org> <4lujcs$46t@symiserver2.symantec.com> <3182DF63.2DFB1742@lambert.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: enterprise.america.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:22916 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:915 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3643 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3483 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18625 comp.os.linux.advocacy:47881 Terry Lambert (terry@lambert.org) wrote: : ] The problem is that any company, no matter how large or small, : ] must have a "vision" or leader of some kind. In small : ] companies the leader is usually the founder. In large : ] companies, a sucession of leaders usually takes place. : ] : ] Microsoft is a young company yet, and I'd wager to say that as : ] long as Bill Gates is taking a personal interest in the : ] company, it will thrive. The big question is what happens : ] afterward. : [ ... ] : ] Eventually, Microsoft will lose Bill G, or he will make a : ] fatal mistake, and the glass mirror will be shattered. If : ] Microsoft ever declares a large loss then it will lose the : ] aura of invincibility that it currently maintains and Bill : ] will never be able again to dictate the computer industry : ] the way he does now. : [ ... ] : ] It just goes back to "the bigger they are the harder they : ] fall" A huge company like Apple Computer, or IBM is no : ] more immune to stupid leadership or simple mistakes by : ] smart leadership than a small company. The only difference : ] between those 2 and Microsoft is that Small&Limp hasn't made : ] any mistakes ....... yet. : I think that this whole summation is based on some false premises: : 1) The inevitability of failure : Counter: it hasn't failed yet. What I think he means is: 1) The inevitability of a mistake/an error/a miscalcuatlion. Are you saying Bill & Co. is perfect in their line of thinking? Even the biggest brightest fucking genius on this earth will make a mistake, simply because he/she is a human. Period. And as long as we walk this earth we will make mistakes. : 3) Companies dies of old age : Counter: General foods : Counter #2: governments, specifically Britain Counter to your counter: Microsoft isn't a fucking food company. And you MUST eat, but you sure as hell must not run MS products. Run PICO :-). : 4) Perception is power : Counter: Machiavelli's "The Prince" Counter to counter: what you don't see can kill you, and also what you don't know can kill you too, and I didn't need a quote from superficial bullshit to support my view. Perception is power, needless to say, but even then, when the reasoning comes, rule #2(mistakes) applies to this one as well.. misinterpreting the perception... but then again, you have research, and that should alleviate the mistakes... : Regards, : Terry Lambert : terry@lambert.org : --- : Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present : or previous employers. As if we couildn't tell this, so you needed to include it in your sig.. this is the only reason why I don't put a signature, cuz whatever you put is so god damn relative and stupid, people just laugh at it... M.