In article <plXSi.11590$ik.8461@fe085.usenetserver.com>, Todd Allcock
<elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:

> At 21 Oct 2007 18:55:33 -0700 Mr. Strat wrote:
>
> > If you caught the Q&A a couple months back where Bill & Steve shared a
> > stage, Gates came across as a visionless geek with no understanding of
> > the relationship of technology and people. Steve, on the other hand,
> > showed a vision of how technology could improve people's lives.
>
>
> Improve whose lives, though?
> One man is currently trying to improve conditions in the third world, the
> other is making it easier to identify what song is currently playing at
> Starbucks.

It's about how we interact with technology. Gates and the Windows
empire has no clue as evidenced by their pitiful products.
Bill is free to spend his money as he pleases, but that doesn't mean
he's a better person than someone who continues to devote their life to
furthering technology. Jeez, you liberals are a self-righteous lot.