Re: SQL server Vs Oracle

On Fri, 7 May 1999 17:08:08 -0400, "Arvin Meyer" <a_at_m.com> wrote:

>I disagree with your assessment of Bill Gates and Microsoft. To say that
>they are not avaricious, would be a joke. They assess the market and buy or
>build if they see profit. Don't we all?
>
>In fact, for me at least, they have created opportunity, which I take
>advantage of. I make more money now than I ever have, not in spite of
>Microsoft, but because of them. (And I'll bet you do to.)
>
>Yesterday, Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board stated in a
>speech, that for the past 7 years, the US economy has grown through
>increases in productivity to a degree that's never been seen before in its
>history. Is it merely coincidence that also 7 years ago, this month, Windows
>3.1 became available? I think not.
>
>I am competitive too, and as long as I have the tools, DOJ be damned, I will
>remain that way. Go ahead and copy my work, (it's been done before) it
>doesn't matter, because the time you spend reverse engineering what I am
>doing, I will be spending building something even better. I will always be a
>jump ahead, and you will be supporting old technology. Or is it that you
>think that technology won't keep driving onward? BTW, if I ever build
>something so great that the market looks that good to Microsoft, I'd bet
>they would buy it rather than copy it, for the same reasons (i.e. it's
>cheaper to buy a good idea than to build one)
>-----
>Arvin Meyer
>onsite_at_esinet.net

Bravo, Mr. Meyer - what a breath of fresh air it is to see something sensible written about this.

I include myself in the group who is making a very good living doing something I enjoy, due in part to Microsoft. This anti-Bill stuff is reminiscent of the Socialist baloney we heard in the '60s.

Dan Bush
Battle Ground.wa.us
Dan dot Bush at Earthling dot net Received on Fri May 07 1999 - 16:45:25 CDT