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07 Dec 19
07 Dec 19
@divegeester saidJobs by a mile
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
07 Dec 19
@divegeester saidGates by 1.6 km.
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
07 Dec 19
@wolfgang59 saidI say Gates by 1.7 km. That is on a standard day at sea level with a temp of 70F (21C).
Gates by 1.6 km.
08 Dec 19
@divegeester saidIn this world, whoever dies with the most toys and lives the longest wins.
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
Gates wins.
08 Dec 19
@divegeester saidIt is a very difficult question to answer. We would need criteria about "contribution to industry"
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
Both men really did a lot in terms of marketing the computer as a machine for individuals.
Jobs certainly fed the vanity of his customers.
Gates certainly tricked a lot for personal gain (via the best of Microsoft).
Gates made more money, so if we take that as criterion he won.
Jobs brought a nearly lost company back into making BIG $$$.
Both were not the geniuses behind the systems. So I count Steve Wosniak higher in terms of technology development than either.
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08 Dec 19
@divegeester saidThe best you can say about Steve Jobs is that at least he wasn't as big a pirate and profiteer as Bill Gates still is. The damage Gates has done to the computer world in general and on-line safety in particular is impossible to overstate.
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
09 Dec 19
@shallow-blue saidWould you like to explain how you have become locked in this perception?
The damage Gates has done to the computer world in general and on-line safety in particular is impossible to overstate.
@divegeester saidWonder away ... nobody cares.
I wonder if the world would be a better place without either of their impacts on it.
09 Dec 19
@ponderable saidIndeed, what are the criteria, but also if not them then somebody else?
It is a very difficult question to answer. We would need criteria about "contribution to industry"
We no longer live in a world where one genius makes a
difference, that was a hundred yeras ago. Or perhaps 400.
@wolfgang59 saidAnd yet here you are grumping away in my thread 🙂
Wonder away ... nobody cares.
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09 Dec 19
@divegeester saidNot if you put it like that, no.
Would you like to explain how you have become locked in this perception?
Bur I do this stuff for a living, and having to deal with the brokenness of Gatesware on a daily basis is exasperating.