[PEN-L:1754] Re[2]: THE QUESTION OF WEALTH

[JDevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (James Devine)]

Laura Bell sent this to me, personally, in addition to sending it to
pen-l, because she lives nearby here in the city of emphysema. I'm really
busy. But what the heck, I'd rather reply to it than grade term papers...
>>My personal view is that one of the reasons the world loves to hate
Bill Gates is that he has understanding of how to create wealth.  He owns
the 'thing'.  If you are operating a business in a manner where you have
to continually chase a new project or client  in order to keep cash flow
going, you are creating your business grave.<<

I thought the main critique of Gates was that he was doing
everything possible to monopolize the software market (if not
hardware: Microsoft produces mice and keyboards). E.g., his
effort to buy out Intuit/Quicken, his competition. I don't
think the fact that Windows 95 isn't compatible with Netscape
is an accident, either.

In a recent PC Magazine, John Dvorak notes that MS acts as if
it's strongly opposed to ASCII. I'd bet that this is because MS
wants to set all of the conventions in the computer world.

I need a cup of Java! :-)

in pen-l solidarity,

Jim Devine   jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ.
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