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Re: Friday, April 29, 2005
Doc, Re: Linux Journal article part 2: If I'm not mistaken, "academic achiever" Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard, and was considered a n'er-do-well by his father, a name partner in a prestigious Seattle law firm. Now Dad runs Sonny's multi-billion dollar charitable foundation. So, if MS is run like an academic campus, it's not because BG wants to emulate his academic background, but perhaps because he wants to taunt it. Gates Junior would probably agree with you that academic achievement and intelligence have little to do with each other--certainly that was the case with him. If he does ask applicants their SAT scores, I hope that he doesn't ask them their graduating class rank. All that said, notwithstanding the many many people out there who are not academically talented but are in their own ways brilliant, there are also a lot of God's children out there who are just plain dumb. Sorry. Cheers, Steve
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