John McCormick

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since August 1, 2002

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August 1, 2002, on How to Become As Rich As Bill Gates:
How many of you have met or know Bill Gates? Probably none. I've met the guy and talked with him in person. He seems to be your everyday average person. He drinks beer, eats chili, and argues about computer geek crap with anyone. He's just your standard geek with lots of money. I don't think he is even that much smarter than the average person. The truth is that I dislike Microsoft's virtual monopoly on many computer technologies. I think that we, as consumers, should direct our technology dollars away from Microsoft to new innovators. Bill Gates deserves at least SOME of his money for developing a pretty damn decent operating system. There aren't really any good contenders out there. As much as everyone (including myself) bitches about the "blue screen of death", it's the only decent choice at this current time. Linux isn't user friendly AT ALL, and MacOS was designed for morons that can't handle two mouse buttons with one hand. So why don't you all shut the heck up and develo...