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He just actually said "Bill Gates would never have founded Microsoft had he had tenure."

Gates was a college drop-out, not an instructor.

"The Soviet Union never produced anything worth having because, essentially everyone had tenure."

Right. Stalin tried to fire people, but darn that tenure system!

He's arguing with Max Kellerman. Oh, for a hand grenade...

Date: 23 Jun 2005 02:25 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com
I just finished a book about the early days of the Mikojan & Gurevich design bureau. They got their start due to Mikojan's design work during the Great Patriotic War. Everyone acknowledged that failure to produce would result in getting fired or worse.

Date: 23 Jun 2005 18:39 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com
"fired, or fired at."

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