[Lancaster] [Fwd: The story of Bill, Steve, Linus and co.]

[Ken Hough]

Andy,

This sounds good if you read as a rap, and so true!

Except that Bill has got out of it. It seems that he saw the writing on the 
wall!

Hope to see you all on Wednesday

Ken hough

On Thursday 30 October 2008 20:35, andy baxter wrote:
>  From ubuntu sounder list:
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	The story of Bill, Steve, Linus and co.
> Date: 	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:53:27 +0200
> From: 	jacques <jacques.dupreez at online.de>
> To: 	sounder at lists.ubuntu.com
>
>
>
> _The story of Bill, Steve, Linus and co._
>
>
> William Henry Gates the III
>
> was once a Albuquerque nerd.
>
> >From Harvard he came,
>
> used “Bill” as his name,
>
> brought Windows to fame.
>
>
> Sold his DOS to IBM
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> made some money, but then
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> he marketed Windows, a graphical tool,
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> it made him real rich, the man is no fool.
>
>
> Bill is his name
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> and Windows his fame,
>
> but his products keep crashing
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> and he is to blame.
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> He may have the money,
>
> He may have the fame,
>
> but the way he does business
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> puts him to shame.
>
>
> Then came this geek from Cupertino,
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> Commodore was his cappuccino.
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> He gave us iPod and co
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> made him plenty of dough,
>
> then a McBook in black
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> with an apple on its back.
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> OSX is his toy,
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> for many users a joy.
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> His products are good.
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> The OSX just fine.
>
> But his price policy
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> just does not rhyme.
>
>
> This guy from Helsinki
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> was really no stinky.
>
> Torvalds is his name,
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> and Linux his fame.
>
>
> This geek build a kernel
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> for sundry and co.
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> you don`t have to buy it,
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> it`s free don`t you know?
>
>
> So Bill and friend Steve
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> became as rich as can be.
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> while Linus, poor man,
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> gives his product for free.
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> The man is a hero
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> don`t you agree?
>
>
> So where does this take us
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> where do we go?
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> To Linux off course
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> it steals the show!
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> It`s stable, its awesome,
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> it`s fast and secure.
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> It serves the rich.
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> It serves the poor.
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> What more can you ask for,
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> what more do you need?
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> Do not hesitate friend,
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> do yourself a good deed.
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> Download it right now,
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> and do it with speed!
>
>
> germanix