Comments on: Thanks, Bill, for Connecting Our Connections http://www.soulshelter.com/entrepreneurship/thanks-bill-for-connecting-our-connections/ Live. Work. Thrive. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:59:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: by Tim http://www.soulshelter.com/entrepreneurship/thanks-bill-for-connecting-our-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 by Tim Fri, 01 May 2009 19:27:32 +0000 http://www.soulshelter.com/2009/04/29/thanks-bill-for-connecting-our-connections/#comment-1355 @ Traveler: Things may very well have been quite different if <a href="http://www.soulshelter.com/2008/04/16/opting-out-of-the-deferred-life-plan/" rel="nofollow">Apple had taken up the challenge</a>. And things certainly are changing in the operating system market; my kids are all about GoogleDocs. I'm still using Windows XP, so many people may not see the message I refer to in the post. I'd love to get a Linux-based machine if 1) it's sufficiently user-friendly, and 2) it could run both Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Band-in-a-Box. @ Honest Contractor: Thanks for <em>your </em>input! @ Traveler: Things may very well have been quite different if Apple had taken up the challenge. And things certainly are changing in the operating system market; my kids are all about GoogleDocs. I’m still using Windows XP, so many people may not see the message I refer to in the post.

I’d love to get a Linux-based machine if 1) it’s sufficiently user-friendly, and 2) it could run both Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Band-in-a-Box.

@ Honest Contractor: Thanks for your input!

]]> By: Honest Contractor http://www.soulshelter.com/entrepreneurship/thanks-bill-for-connecting-our-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 Honest Contractor Fri, 01 May 2009 15:40:39 +0000 http://www.soulshelter.com/2009/04/29/thanks-bill-for-connecting-our-connections/#comment-1353 hmmm nice inputs about Bill Gates. I learn a lot from you. hmmm nice inputs about Bill Gates. I learn a lot from you.

]]> By: Traveler http://www.soulshelter.com/entrepreneurship/thanks-bill-for-connecting-our-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Traveler Fri, 01 May 2009 06:30:15 +0000 http://www.soulshelter.com/2009/04/29/thanks-bill-for-connecting-our-connections/#comment-1350 So that's the long-awaited story of knocking down Bill G! I was guessing a simple doorway mishap at a crowded trade show, something like that... You went one better with a tale of you and Bill intentionally slamming each other. Regarding Microsoft's contribution to getting the world computing, you're a little more generous than I would be; I'm very optimistic that the marketplace would have provided the same (or better...) opportunities to people in the absence of MS's dominance. It's speculation either way, of course. In any case, now that the OS market is veering away from near-monopoly and toward a wide mixture of offerings, it'll be fascinating to watch whether the pace of innovation and computerization picks up or slows down. (My bet is on the former!) So that’s the long-awaited story of knocking down Bill G! I was guessing a simple doorway mishap at a crowded trade show, something like that… You went one better with a tale of you and Bill intentionally slamming each other.

Regarding Microsoft’s contribution to getting the world computing, you’re a little more generous than I would be; I’m very optimistic that the marketplace would have provided the same (or better…) opportunities to people in the absence of MS’s dominance.

It’s speculation either way, of course. In any case, now that the OS market is veering away from near-monopoly and toward a wide mixture of offerings, it’ll be fascinating to watch whether the pace of innovation and computerization picks up or slows down. (My bet is on the former!)

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