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

[Mike Stephen]

Now there ya go.  We could do a "Declan" to that phrase and suggest that Gates said he invented 
open source.  Yea, that 's the ticket.....  If Gore is said to have invented the internet, I heard from 
Gates that he thinks he invented open source....


On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 18:40:04 -0500, Gene Gaines wrote:

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