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mah Meg Ryan does it for me.
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I originally wasn't going to include Eri(c|k)a in the survey but figured that adding her would weed out those who don't really care. I'd be interested to know *why* people voted for the person they did.
My choice: Meg Whitman. eBay have a model that is so simple yet also incredibly powerful. I'd love to find out how they managed to deal with scalability, security, decisions on direction, priority balancing, payments and escrow, insurance, etc etc etc
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Would you say the same if Meg Whitman looked like Erica?
Or, would you ask Erica about scalability, security, decisions on direction, priority balancing, payments, and insurance ??  Nah.
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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Actually, Michael Dell would be interesting. Dell rapidly became the number one computing vender, on the relatively simple model of selling direct instead of going through the retail channels. That seems like something that could have easily flopped, but it ended up working quite well.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Yep - he would have been my #2
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I'd love to find out how they managed to deal with scalability, security, decisions on direction, priority balancing, payments and escrow, insurance, etc etc etc
Badly. Did you use ebay early on ?
Christian
No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Christian Graus wrote:
Badly. Did you use ebay early on ?
Exactly! They've made the mistakes and learned from them.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I guess I'd just hate you to talk to her because their model is one of no customer service, no contact with users except to annoy, attack or sue them.
Christian
No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Christian Graus wrote:
I guess I'd just hate you to talk to her because their model is one of no customer service, no contact with users except to annoy, attack or sue them.
But that IMO is part of the brilliance. EBay is just this virtual space provided with no strings attached. People, you, me, Chris, Bob Marley, etc. then come in and form what EBay is. We generate the community, we enforce and percolate the rules. If EBay admin interfered all the time then a lot of that emergent behavouir would not, well, emerge.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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But they DO interfere.
Example 1: I was selling legitimate Microsoft software. Microsoft claimed otherwise, with no proof ( how could they have proof ) and all my auctions where closed and the bidders emailed to say I was a pirate. I was given no chance to defend myself. They said they would reinstate my auctions after Microsoft agreed that my auctions were legal. I wrote to the Microsoft address provided, they did not reply.
Example 2: A guy posted a lot of auctions for DVD's, and it soon became clear that he did so solely to generate a lot of sales and keep the money. I posted in the forums to warn people and was told off by ebay staff.
Example 3: ebay is rife with pirated DVD's. I have tried to bring some of these auctions to ebay's attention, they wrote back and told me to pull my head in.
Christian
No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Chris Maunder wrote:
My choice: Meg Whitman
Oh my god - I chose Meg too for exactly the same reasons - simple but sucessfull, just what everybody is trying to find. "It works." 
Live for today and die tomorrow.
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Chris Maunder wrote:
My choice
Steve Jobs CEO, Apple. That man, and that company, is about quality and dedication to simple principles. There is a reason why Apple fans are such fans. Most of us Microsoft users are rather pathetic in our view of MS (as shown by another post here saying he only uses MS because he has to) and would jump ship the moment something more economically viable came along (not everyone of course, but a lot of us.)
I want to know how uncompromising quality can be turned into a profitable company.
And lets face it, Apple design rocks and Steve Jobs must be fostering that.
From a web dev point of view though I would like to have dinner with Jefrey Zeldman of Zeldman.com fame. 
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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well, I was voting for Craig Barrett, and not because I work for him, but because Intel is doing things in the most interesting direction (IMHO) in the field today - Clustering for HPC. the Hyper-Threading idea is one way in that direction, and Intel getting 50+ places in the Top 500 super computers is another,and I wanted to hear his opinion on what will be next.
N
Noam Ben Haim
Web Developer
Intel
noam.ben.chaim@intel.com
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It depends on what dinner mean to you; a business opportunity or a bit of fun.
I go in for fun and will prefer a lady to brighten my day/night with beautiful smile.
Best regards,
Paul.
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
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Who of you wrote this:
3) I want Erica Wiechers as an Office Assistant in the .NET IDE!!! "It looks like you're trying to write a Web Service."
(one of the comments for one of the .NET shows...)
I like the idea.
If I could find a souvenir / just to prove the world was here [sighist]
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They forgot a critical part. At the end, she should ask "Do you want to see my bare perky breasts?"
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio.
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Or better yet, how about having her gradually remove clothing during a build? Definitely encouragment to "Rebuild All" !
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire!
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LOL that was really funny particularly the Rebuild all option
Cheers
Kannan
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the last option
- Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist
"Well, the guy that's giving you a hard time is a f***in moron, and you can tell him thats straight from another Linux user." - John Simmons on Linux Users
Just do the American thing and shoot him... - Jim Crafton on Linux Users
Wh3n my l33t skillz 1mpr0v3, I w1ll h4ck M$, 4nd th3n wh0 w1ll b3 l4ugh1ng ? N0t Bill. H4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4. - Christian Graus
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...we should another one with CP celebrities (maybe the most active ones). That would be interesting... 
Mauricio Ritter - Brazil
Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter
"Th@ langwagje is screwed! It has if's but no end if's!! Stupid php cant even do butuns on forms! VISHAUL BASICS ARE THE FUTSHURE!" - Simon Walton
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  A dinner with John Simmons ?
I see dumb people
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what about Bill S. ?? Could be interesting.
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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Andreas Saurwein wrote:
what about Bill S. ??
Mauricio Ritter - Brazil
Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter
"Th@ langwagje is screwed! It has if's but no end if's!! Stupid php cant even do butuns on forms! VISHAUL BASICS ARE THE FUTSHURE!" - Simon Walton
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Andreas Saurwein wrote:
what about Bill S. ?? Could be interesting.
What? At the END OF THE DINNER, you'd PAY HIM THE DINNER AND GIVE HIM ALL YOUR MONEY!
And he would SHOW YOU HOW TO EAT 5,000 POUNDS OF FOOD IN 0 SECONDS!!!
YES!!! IN 0 SECONDS!!
NO MFC KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED!!
I see dumb people
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