Comment Re:And M$ Gates is God ... (Score 1) 213
Something to point out here: For one thing, the ubiquity of the Gates/Bezos comparison is in and of itself practically a validation of the public perception that Bezos is someone to be watching. Bezos, like Gates, has, through radical (some might say "innovative", but that's so trite, right?) business practices created a very high profile corporation from a garage based company.
(Side note: The story goes that Bezos called up Shel Kaphan, CTO & employee #2 from his garage and said something to the effect of "Your hired - I'm building you a desk right now. Come over, 'k?")
What, currently, is the difference between Gates & Bezos, realistically? Bill has had more time to consolidate his hold on both the market he has chosen to compete in and public attention. Bill, like Jeff, took huge risks to accomplish big ambitions. Bill, unlike Jeff, has had close to 20 years to see these plans come to fruition. If you don't think that there is as much or more money in online retailing as there is in operating systems & desktop application development, you need to do some more homework. Wait and see is my take on it, but I'm optomistic.
(Side note: The story goes that Bezos called up Shel Kaphan, CTO & employee #2 from his garage and said something to the effect of "Your hired - I'm building you a desk right now. Come over, 'k?")
What, currently, is the difference between Gates & Bezos, realistically? Bill has had more time to consolidate his hold on both the market he has chosen to compete in and public attention. Bill, like Jeff, took huge risks to accomplish big ambitions. Bill, unlike Jeff, has had close to 20 years to see these plans come to fruition. If you don't think that there is as much or more money in online retailing as there is in operating systems & desktop application development, you need to do some more homework. Wait and see is my take on it, but I'm optomistic.
