Disrespecting the Bill

I was really put off by this post by Ajay Juneja. I don't care so much about what he did or didn't do, or what he said, it was his classmates in general.

As I mentioned in the feedback there, in my college days (if they happended a few years later than they actually did), I would've killed to see Gates, Ellison, McNealy, Fiorina, Wozniak, Jobs or any of these people even if I couldn't stand what they stand for or disagree with their opinions. Ellison comes off as the biggest jerk in technology, but that doesn't mean I couldn't learn something from him.

When I was in school at little Ashland University in Ohio, the school's conservative political institution brought in Margaret Thatcher, Dan Quayle, Colin Powel, Dick Cheney (weird how those two came back to light), among others, and I couldn't see them because I wasn't in the right circles. That crap aside, and disregarding that I don't care much for the policy of any of those people, I would've done anything to see them speak. You don't get a lot of opportunities like that.

I think it reflects poorly on CMU and the kids that will graduate from it. I run into similar nonsense in the real post-academic world all of the time, and it's astonishing to see how much energy people put into platform religion or Microsoft hating. Do any of these people ever write software or solve problems?

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  • Very well said. When I saw the pictures, I thought immediatly that the people working there must by the "typical american idiots" as they are envisioned in the world. Kids which have achieved nothing in their life and date to disrespect someone who built one of the most successfull businesses in history.



    You do not have to agree with him, but you could at least show some respect.



  • I agree with Thomas .. but surely it's harmless fun? Is Mr G really likely to get *that* upset about some jibes about ancient history? He's a target BECAUSE of who he is, in the same way that celebrities are the target of the papparazzi ...

  • Yeah, I was really pretty disgusted with Ajay's post, as well, and really thought it threw a bad light on his University, personally.



    I'm always of the mind, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.", but unfortunately not everyone is engrained with the manners that they once were.

  • I wanted to read Ajay's post but it seems to have gone missing.

  • Oh, and I made the most talked about posts list... 1400+ hits... not bad :)

  • Whatever dude... you don't know anything about me or my ability to have fun. If you're going to make an argument, do so as a grown up and try not to resort to personal attacks.

  • Where was there a personal attack on anyone?

    I made reference to his talk being bad, not Bill being bad.



    Bill's a huge philanthropist, and I certainly admire and respect that.

  • Not to him, to me! Move along now...

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