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   Clavicus Vile to chrisv   
   Re: OT Anyone who buys a PC is a mug!   
   28 Oct 10 16:00:30   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: clavicus.vile@oblivion.org   
      
   "chrisv"  wrote in message   
   news:phijc6hv5i72p9jbe30t1mo4aojd0fggu0@4ax.com...   
   > >"Clavicus Vile" wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> "chrisv"  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Both of these guys obviously have what it takes to be successful in   
   >>>> business.   
   >>>   
   >>> Steve Jobs is nothing like Bill Gates.   
   >   
   > Irrelevant.   
      
   No it isn't.   
      
   >>> Bill Gates learned his trade dumpster diving for mainframe core dumps.   
   >>> He's written a sizable amount of computer software himself, much of it   
   >>> groundbreaking.   
   >>>   
   >>> Steve Jobs is just a guy who claims the credit for the good ideas and   
   >>> hard   
   >>> work of other people.   The Woz is just the first of a long list.   
   >   
   > What do you think good CEO's do?   
      
   What would the answer to that question have to do with Steve Jobs?   
      
   > Do you think they come-up-with all the "good ideas" themselves, and do   
   > all the "hard work" themselves?   
      
   You seem to think they just steal those from other people.   
      
   > Or do they manage, recruit, delegate, and provide direction?   
      
   What would Steve Jobs had been delegating without the Woz?   
      
   > Duuhhh...   
   >   
   >>> Case in point:   
   >   
   > Your story was irrelevant.   
      
   No it wasn't.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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