From: Adam 

Ellen K. wrote:

> What on earth does that have to do with anything?   I suppose you
> believe Bill Gates has no intelligence, creativity or talent and
> Microsoft only became what it did because his mother served on the
> United Way with the chairman of IBM?
>


Huh? Surely you are not that naive.

If it makes you happy then then let's say there was absolutely no doors
opened for Billy coz mommy knew the head of IBM.

The rest of us may have trouble with that seeing how
"contacts"/who you know are the lifeblood of business.


Adam

> On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 13:41:08 +0100, "Phil Payne"
>  wrote in message
> :
>
>
>>"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>news:43b88b3d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>>Capitalism is fair because everyone has the opportunity to become Bill
>>
>>Gates
>>
>>>or to pave the way for their children to have the opportunity to become
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>>Gates.
>>
>>Not everyone has the good fortune to be Mary Gates' son at a time when the
>>CEO of IBM was the chair  and she was the secretary of United Way.
>>
>>Akers always referred to billg as "Mary Gates' boy".
>>
>
>

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