From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Sun Feb 02 2003 - 06:50:17 MST
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/5088004.htm
He had plenty other cringeworthy things to say, but this one popped
my bogometer's fuse so hard that it set off my apartment's smoke detector:
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Gates argues that starting from scratch doesn't make software more secure.
``Evolution has never started over,'' he said. ``So the best programming
process known built upon its earlier work every step of the way.''
>>
Quiz: is Bill Gates:
A. making a subtle genius-type joke that the reporter failed to catch
B. monstrously stupid, to the point that he is endangering shareholder value
each minute that he retains his position as Microsoft Chief Architect
C. utterly morally bankrupt
D. in desperate need of having his prescriptions adjusted
E. some of the above
F. all of the above
Next week, Bill Gates will explain why rubbish heaps are actually superior
to art galleries, because nothing is ever thrown out of a rubbish heap.
"They're the sum total of our civilization", sources report he will say.
Michael M. Butler
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