Gates: Jealousy of Microsoft has worked in our favor
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
In an interesting interview with MSNBC, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates makes an interesting admission: Jealousy from competitors has been a huge factor in Microsoft's success. "Jealousy has driven more mistakes by my competitors than anything else," he said. "When people focus not on the next breakthrough, but on cutting off Microsoft, it's actually been quite a windfall for us." There are so many examples of competitors killing their companies in order to try and hurt Gates--Novell's Ray Noorda is probably the best one--that it's hard not to chuckle at some of the boneheaded decisions we've seen over the years. And it's an interesting question to examine in light of the Linux phenomenon: As I've often suggested, the Linux community seems more concerned with copying Windows than really working to create a unique and better operating system. Is the Linux movement really driven by hatred of Gates too?