RE: OT : Sinclair was RE: Metalink Again

But, Eric, I'm not out to prove anything. I'm only trying to show Gates in the worst light possible. My desire to do so derives from working day in and day out with Microsoft products.

Regards,
DM

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On 5 Apr 2001, at 9:47, David Messer wrote:

> Sounds like denial after the fact to me. If you believe these quotes:

That is certainly a possibility, but not "proven". The site you cite obviously is not a bona fide journalistic/historical/research site, and the content would easily fail any fair standard for objectivity, much less an academic one, for legitimate research presentation/methods.

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> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/8009/bill.gates.quotes.html
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> it's easy to think he changes his tune allot.

That is the impression I also get. but that doesn't strictly "disprove" the veracity of the claim on the other site that the "640 k" quote is an urban legend.

In addition, it is quite possible that the "640 k" quote, if seen in the larger context of what Gates was talking about at the time, isn't quite as silly as it looks on a surface level, and is probably not much more silly than what most other computer industry "leaders" were saying.

when I put "640k gates" ito www.google.com, there were several sites that came up that gave a lot of historical detail, including references to what other people in the early PC industry said, many in the main "hobby" magazines such as Byte/etc about the potential longevity of various architectures and so forth, and there were obviously just as many amateurs trying to pass themselves off as experts in order to make money duping the public as is the case now days. They just had't refined the technique as much.

I personally wouldn't want to write off the level of Gates' evil to anything as trivial as the "640 k"quote, it deserves much deeper and more prudent consideration. :)

regards,
ep

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> Pierce
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> according to the following, the "640k" quote is an urban legend:
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> http://www.urbanlegends.com/celebrities/bill.gates/gates_memory.html

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