Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262430AbTFZXbK (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:31:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262912AbTFZXbK (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:31:10 -0400 Received: from mail.ithnet.com ([217.64.64.8]:24338 "HELO heather.ithnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262430AbTFZXbI (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:31:08 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 01:45:40 +0200 From: Stephan von Krawczynski To: "Robert White" Cc: david.lang@digitalinsight.com, lm@bitmover.com, wa@almesberger.net, miquels@cistron-office.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] Message-Id: <20030627014540.3da01dc9.skraw@ithnet.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: ith Kommunikationstechnik GmbH X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.2 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1513 Lines: 37 On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:02:26 -0700 "Robert White" wrote: > David, > > Yes, fine, that is in fact why I did give Larry a brief overview of my > experience, as the consideration of experience is valid, and I have TWENTY > YEARS of experience in software design, development, and yes, sales. > > Yet because I have never tried to "run" the businesses I have participated > in somehow that experience doesn't count in Larry's explicitly stated world > view. Hello Rob, _the_ ultimate difference between someone participating and someone _running_ the business is (in my eyes) that the one "running" it is playing with his own money, his own existence (and maybe that of his family) and possibly feels a big responsibility for his employees, the money he was possibly given by investors or the like. If you never made that experience you don't know what Larry is talking about. If you don't believe that, take all your money and loan your house and start a business, then experience the feeling. You may have noticed I do not agree with Larry in many things, but anyway I fully respect him, because he took true responsibility for running a business, and I know what that means. There are easier things you could do in life. Regards, Stephan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/