w_parietti22 said:
she said that he is a very laid back guy,(he was in his 20's) definetly not a perfectionist.
This is a bit incorrect.
As for personal hygene and casual conversations this is very true.
However, in the early days BG would personally review each line of code for all products. And he would personally rewrite code that was not up to his standard. This sounds like a perfectionist to me.
BTW, BG review of software ended around the early 90s timeframe because there was simply too much for him to review. But he still stayed very involved and would beat up programmers who were not up to speed.
Sound familiar? In many ways, BG and SJ are not much different.
To me, the big difference between Microsoft and Apple can be easily explained if you look at their vision statements.
BG wanted to have a PC on everybody's desk running his OS.
SJ wanted to build the best OS possible.
IMHO, they both have succeeded wonderfully.
Having said all that, it is refreshing to see that Apple has changed their vision it seems in that they are trying to be more standard with the industry vice being on their own which is increasing their market percentage.
As for the teeth, you youngsters might not want to be so critical until you are his age. BG is almost three times as old as the original poster. It ain't easy being/getting old!
Sushi
