Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Mike Williams" Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion Subject: Re: [OT] Windows XP and Vista No Office 2013 for you Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:00:26 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <01cd673e$6de74a00$6d01a8c0@k8s8x> <500e57b6$0$6451$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:00:18 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="921d958a6da7bef786106ee4178a7bfb"; logging-data="29613"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+zJ1NIVliZTaJHnOPKTrf3Vc5sBj71iT4=" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18463 In-Reply-To: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18197 Cancel-Lock: sha1:JdugOZnLMYvWSnLRouu2q8t5uQU= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:1438 "Eduardo" wrote in message news:juncim$d74$1@speranza.aioe.org... > > "Karl E. Peterson" escribió en el mensaje > news:jun4l7$bs8$1@dont-email.me... > >> Don't have to think too hard about it. Just look at this: >> >> http://classicvb.net/images/BallmerCEO.gif > > Gates has still "authority" to be able to go back if he wants? I think Gates saw the writing on the wall and decided to ditch a sinking ship before he went down with it. Wise move. He clearly has no intention of ever going back . . . unless of course something happens in the future which looks likely to send the stocks soaring again, at which point Gates might change his mind so that he can go back just as the turnaround is beginning and then pretend he did it all himself. Mike