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To: Krowbar who wrote (22669)	6/1/1998 10:07:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

Del: You wrote: "He is mostly a plagiarist, an egotist, and an arrogant marketer of himself." Sounds like the recipe to success. Also sounds like virtually every politician during the 20th Century! FT

To: Krowbar who wrote (22669)	6/1/1998 5:05:00 PM
From: James R. Barrett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>>"Bill Gates' contribution was relatively trivial and could have been done by many others at the time. He has been rewarded way out of proportion to his contribution. He is mostly a plagiarist, an egotist, and an arrogant marketer of himself."<< And almost everybody buys his products even when an alternative, "just as good" product is available from the competition. Why are so many businesses phasing out of Novell products and phasing into Windows NT products? Product quality? No. Price and flexibility? Yes. Novell had a head lock on this market for years. What happened? What exactly did Bill "steal" from Novell? Jim