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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 08:42:07 -0500
Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: "A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security"
<PADGETT@HOBBES.ORL.MMC.COM>
Subject: Re: RE If Ritchie had had Gates' business accument
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Think the real question would be "What if Dennis Ritchie had *been* Paul Allen ?" Just as Chrysler was not Lee Iaccocca, Microsoft was/is not Bill Gates, he is just the visible component.
As is common, the promoter wound up with the lion's share but my impression is that by himself, nothing much would have happened. - not to say that he was not a significant part, just that he was not alone and the right group happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Warmly,
Padgett
http://www.netmind.com/~padgett
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Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: "A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security"
<PADGETT@HOBBES.ORL.MMC.COM>
Subject: Re: RE If Ritchie had had Gates' business accument
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Think the real question would be "What if Dennis Ritchie had *been* Paul Allen ?" Just as Chrysler was not Lee Iaccocca, Microsoft was/is not Bill Gates, he is just the visible component.
As is common, the promoter wound up with the lion's share but my impression is that by himself, nothing much would have happened. - not to say that he was not a significant part, just that he was not alone and the right group happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Warmly,
Padgett
http://www.netmind.com/~padgett
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