Re: a classic steve quote from today...


"Snit" <CSMA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C2843A21.825A4%CSMA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Oxford" <colalovesmacs@xxxxxxx> stated in post
colalovesmacs-C1B96E.08552731052007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 5/31/07
7:55 AM:

"Redhart" <REdwardHart@ aol.com> wrote:

$50,000,000,000.00

yes, but that all came from tactics from his Dad's Law Firm, not BG's
efforts nor his golden tongue.

That's not the truth - and you know it. But keep spinning.

it's at least 80% the truth, bill would have never been able to trick
IBM in legal matters with out his dad's help in 1981. think about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Gates_&_Ellis

He has taken some lumps lately in interviews (rightfully so), but I
think
he'll do fine tonight, especially basking in the warm glow of the
Surface
announcment.

yeah, we'll see.

Yeah - we have seen - 50 BILLION!!!.

and that amount hasn't grown in years.

He keeps giving the excess away.

but does every msft stock holder that got rich unethically, do the same?
nope. bill feels guilty about what he has done, he's trying to save his
reputation, it's that simple.

Many mob leaders give back to the communities they victimize...


Many mob leaders don't give back to the communities they victimize (i.e. Steve Jobs, see Slave Labor in Foxconn)

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