Richard Branson.
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mike,,hunt
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Re: Richard Branson.
arsey comment ??????????? not me noncin around talkin shite !!!!! ,anyway chill out ace i'm not to fussed about it mate , just think it's funny how you allways have a opinion on Absolutely everything !!!!!!
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mrmcfister
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Re: Richard Branson.
A recent Sunday Times Poll of the biggest givers to charidee in the UK put him right down there.Seems he hardly gives any of his fortune away to thosel ess off than himself..I was quite surprised at what a stingy git he was
Re: Richard Branson.
> invent/manufacture, like Gates etc, not oppurtunists
I have worked in the computer industry for 30 years, and can
tell you Gates has never invented ANYTHING.
Now I have nothing but admiration for Gates and Microsoft,
and they have built themselves up from nothing to one of the
most important companies in the world.
But almost everything they have done has been borrowed or
bought (or stolen) from other companies.
Their original MS DOS was bought off some guy for peanuts when
IBM needed an operating system for the original PC.
The windowing/mouse interface that they put on to Windows was
stolen wholesale from development work done by Zerox.
SQL Server was bought from Sybase.
Windows NT (which became XP and Windows Server 2003) was bought
off DEC when they cancelled the project.
MS Virtual PC was bought off another company.
MSN has stolen search ideas from Gooogle.
Intenet Explorer was based on Mosaic, the original browser (see
Help, About Internet Explorer where it tells you).
So they have invented almost nothing, what they have done is
MARKETED themselves very well.
(Did you know for example that in the early days of Windows, each
PC manufacture who wanted to ship with Window pre-installed had
to pay Microsoft money even if the PC shipped WITHOUT windows.
Guilbert
I have worked in the computer industry for 30 years, and can
tell you Gates has never invented ANYTHING.
Now I have nothing but admiration for Gates and Microsoft,
and they have built themselves up from nothing to one of the
most important companies in the world.
But almost everything they have done has been borrowed or
bought (or stolen) from other companies.
Their original MS DOS was bought off some guy for peanuts when
IBM needed an operating system for the original PC.
The windowing/mouse interface that they put on to Windows was
stolen wholesale from development work done by Zerox.
SQL Server was bought from Sybase.
Windows NT (which became XP and Windows Server 2003) was bought
off DEC when they cancelled the project.
MS Virtual PC was bought off another company.
MSN has stolen search ideas from Gooogle.
Intenet Explorer was based on Mosaic, the original browser (see
Help, About Internet Explorer where it tells you).
So they have invented almost nothing, what they have done is
MARKETED themselves very well.
(Did you know for example that in the early days of Windows, each
PC manufacture who wanted to ship with Window pre-installed had
to pay Microsoft money even if the PC shipped WITHOUT windows.
Guilbert
Re: Richard Branson.
wasnt he thatchers blue eyed boy in the 80s?
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diplodocus
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Re: Richard Branson.
hardly self made if he was able to borrow ?3 million quid off a relative, not many banks around would do that, any very few people have relatives with that sort of cash
we are Leeds.... , and we can still beat the mighty Chester
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diplodocus
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Re: Richard Branson.
and i'd spent all afternnon at the footy and couldn't see straight, let alone think 
we are Leeds.... , and we can still beat the mighty Chester
Re: Richard Branson.
too true i was down yrs ago phoned uncle for a 10? loan he said no straight away .