4/24    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4941050.stm
        Sun Microsystem's McNealy quits post as head, making it a
        bright day for Sun shareholders, with price rising to
        6% to $5.29 in after-hour trade.
        \_ Big baby finally grows up.
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10/16   So any sun old timers still reading the motd? I was recently named a
        SARC "intern" and I wanted to find out if anyone has been through the
        "intern" process and if they had any tips/pointers. txn.
        \_ I'm a Sun "old timer" in several ways, especially if you count me
           playing with the first prototypes when I was 11 years old ... I
           was a Sun intern in summer of 1991 and had a blast.  My take from
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9/14    Does anyone else think Sun Microsystems is evil?  I have 2 biases
        #1. I went to Cal as an undergrad
        (SUN used to mean: Stanfurd University Networks)
        #2. I work for IBM.
        But seeing them fly over Dell yesterday:
        http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26127
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4/2     Looking for perl/script based virus. Where to find them?
        \_ Uh, you realize the difficulty a perl-based virus would have
           propagating, right?  Why not write it yourself, it wouldn't be
           hard.
        \_ d00d, u should b l00king 4 a java virus.  write once, run anywhere!
           \_ d00d, don't u know that there is no such ting as a java virus.
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11/12   America's most hated man: Osama bin Laden
        America's most hated woman: Carly Fiorina
        \_ why is Carly a bitch? Explain...
           \_ and why is she getting more flak than, say, McNealy. I mean,
              her company is still in the black, unlike Scotty.
              \_ Because McNealy hasn't done anything nearly as stupid as
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6/12    \_ uctt, are you a contractor? what do you do?
        \_ full time employee at my own startup now. never contracted in my
           life.  but i did spent some time in big 5 consulting managing
           various e-Commerce projects and our team of consultants from big
           5 was always much better than the employees in the client company
           (that's why they were paying us $275-$350/hr to be there) -uctt
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3/22    Bill Gates' wealth is hoovering around 97 billion dollars right now.
        Anybody plan to celebrate with me when it hits 100 billion dollars?
                                        -MSFT millionaire
        \_ so is that why he's married.
        \_ Disgusting!  Yech!
                                        -MSFT millionaire
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3/3     For those who said Jim Barksdale "admitted to being a Bill Gates
        admirer", read CNET's homepage today. The main headline is:
        "Gates gets grilled by Senate, Jim Barksdale and Scott McNealy."
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12/23   http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/22/uc-berkeley-google-apps
        Oh noes! What Would Bill Gates Do?
        \_ http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000701.html
           Microsoft to Transition Corporate IT to Google Apps
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11/7    Bill Gates >>> Steve Jobs:
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/739k6wj [businessweek]
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11/7    Bill Gates >>> Steve Jobs:
        http://www.businessweek.com/management/idolize-bill-gates-not-steve-jobs-11012011.html
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10/5    RIP Steve Jobs.
        \_ I wonder how much people would care when Bill Gates dies.
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6/18    "(Salesforce.com founder) Benioff donates $100 million for UCSF
        hospital"
        http://www.csua.org/u/qzj (http://www.sfgate.com
        That figure as personal donation is stunning.  Is he as rich as Bill
        Gates or something?
        \_ obviously, no, it just tells you that Bill Gates is stingier
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