[Am-info] Microsoft Advice Is Inadmissable

[John J. Urbaniak]

Sujal Shah wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 16:21, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
> > The article says that Gates is worth $43 billion.
> >
> > I thought he used to be worth $80 billion.
> >
> > And Warren Buffett has now, I think a $39 billion portfolio.
> >
> > So Gates, the "boy genius" has lost almost half his worth or $37 billion.
> > Buffett will be number 1 soon, I predict.
> >
> > Some genius!  Gates will end up broke and insane, I predict.
> >
>
> Not to burst your bubble (or take you off of whatever, um, medication
> you're taking) but, it's really hard to end up being broke after making
> it to billionaire.  Millionaire, maybe... but even if all of his
> Microsoft stock were to tank tomorrow, he'll have enough time on the way
> down to sell at least a few million dollars worth.  Besides, you're
> (wrongly) assuming all of his assets are in securities anyway... that's
> very unlikely.

Nevertheless, I will stick with my prediction.

John


>
>
> Sujal
>
> > The best thing is that he will take all his sycophants, including the
> > supreme cowards at IBM executive suites, with him.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > "Fred A. Miller" wrote:
> >
> > > Microsoft Advice Is Inadmissable
> > >
> > > The courts may have granted Microsoft a monopoly position in operating
> > > systems, but that doesn't mean you have to listen to what Bill Gates
> > > says.
> > >
> > > http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0%2C4902%2C76454%2C0.html?nlid=OS
> > >
> > > --
> > > Fred A. Miller
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> > >
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