<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert P. Thille</b> <<a href="mailto:list-nblug-talk@rangat.org">list-nblug-talk@rangat.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On May 16, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Tim Preston wrote:<br><br>> Without offering praise to the person let me say, "this is the person<br>> who has made millions, nay billions by wordsmithing around many<br>> rules or
<br>> patents until he had enough money and power to quiet the<br>> complaints..."<br><br>I don't understand. Which "the person" are you talking about? I<br>couldn't find your quoted text anywhere, and it's not clear to me
<br>about whom you are speaking. I certainly don't think Linus has made<br>billions by wordsmithing, and the article doesn't even mention Bill<br>G., who is the only person I can see where the quote applies.<br><br>
Robert<br></blockquote></div><br>From context and title, I would asume it to be something Linus has said about Bill... But I can't find the quote either.<br>Jack<br>-- <br>English doesn't borrow from other languages -- English follows other languages down dark alleys and takes what it wants.