* Erik Funkenbusch peremptorily fired off this memo:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:59:12 -0400, Linonut wrote:
>
>> Huh?
>
> Roy was criticizing Microsoft for being so desperate that they had to
> sponsor a NASCAR car, yet he was giddy at the thought of a Tux sponsered
> racecar.
The first clause, if true, is just silly of Roy. Especially since
Microsoft makes sure that computers have the decals on them already:
Designed for Windows XP
Vista Compatible
Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity
However, the second is natural. A grass roots movement to support a car
and an OS. How cuuuute.
--
Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came
along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority. It wasn't like somebody told
me about it and I said, "I don't know how to spell that." I said, "Yeah,
I've got that on my list, so I'm okay." But there came a point when we
realized it was happening faster and was a much deeper phenomenon than
had been recognized in our strategy.
-- Bill Gates, Speech at the University of Washington, as reported in
"Gates, Buffett a bit bearish" CNET News (2 July 1998) [1]
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