[Am-info] Gates is to Antrax bacillus as open source is to mail delivery

[Gene Gaines]

Gosh, did I say that wrong?  No matter.  Here is the story.

>To: dave@farber.net
>Subject: latest revelation from The Department of Truth Management
>Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 16:31:37 -0500
>From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo@ccr.org>
>
>
>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134363780_microsoft08.html
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>         Gates also took some credit for the genesis of open-source
>         software. He said Microsoft made it possible by standardizing
>         computers: "Really, the reason you see open source there at all
>         is because we came in and said there should be a platform that's
>         identical with millions and millions of machines," he said.
>
>
>This is like an Anthrax bacillus taking credit for mail delivery.



Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
Sterling, Virginia