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    Yulianto
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    If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


    Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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      If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


      Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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      Frank Kerrigan
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      If I had 1 billion dollars software would be the last thing on my mind. Frank

      Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]

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        If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


        Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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        Josh Smith
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        If I had 1 billion dollars, I'd hire a bunch of Americans to write software which does something. Something like detect my mood and play the appropriate music in my mansion.

        :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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          If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


          Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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          Malcolm Smart
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          Some software to try and second guess what my wife is thinking / how she is feeling, as I am supposed to know all the time.

          "More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF

          "I haven't spoken to my wife now for 48 hours. I don't like to interrupt her.

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            If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


            Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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            Lost User
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            Like any off these aren't already available....

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              Some software to try and second guess what my wife is thinking / how she is feeling, as I am supposed to know all the time.

              "More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF

              "I haven't spoken to my wife now for 48 hours. I don't like to interrupt her.

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              Josh Smith
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              Malcolm Smart wrote:

              Some software to try and second guess what my wife is thinking

              I believe that only quantum computers are capable of generating truly random results. :)

              :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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                Malcolm Smart wrote:

                Some software to try and second guess what my wife is thinking

                I believe that only quantum computers are capable of generating truly random results. :)

                :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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                Malcolm Smart
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                Results that also change the instant you think you have the answer.

                "More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF

                "I haven't spoken to my wife now for 48 hours. I don't like to interrupt her.

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                  Malcolm Smart wrote:

                  Some software to try and second guess what my wife is thinking

                  I believe that only quantum computers are capable of generating truly random results. :)

                  :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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                  Malcolm Smart
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                  and you'd have to have some load balancing for a few days each month..... (yeah, soapbox I know)

                  "More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF

                  "I haven't spoken to my wife now for 48 hours. I don't like to interrupt her.

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                    If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


                    Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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                    Matt Newman
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                    If I had a billion dollars I could buy a couple high-end Windows Servers, Exchange, Sql Server, etc for my needs, then invest the rest and retire early.

                    -Matt Newman

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                      If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


                      Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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                      Marc Clifton
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                      If I had a billion dollars I wouldn't be thinking about spending it writing software. Geez. Maybe Orson Scott Card is right: You keep these bees from stinging by paying them money. :rolleyes: Lord. OS? Email Server? DB? What happened to imagination. If I *had* to build something, it would be a holodeck. Marc

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                        If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


                        Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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                        bigbrownbeaver
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                        Id build a robot that brings beer, food, lights my cigars, wipes my ass and cracks jokes about everyones mothers... and he has to look like R2D2

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                          Malcolm Smart wrote:

                          Some software to try and second guess what my wife is thinking

                          I believe that only quantum computers are capable of generating truly random results. :)

                          :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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                          Marc Clifton
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                          Josh Smith wrote:

                          I believe that only quantum computers are capable of generating truly random results.

                          Like an electron. You can glean what her current position is, or you can figure out where she's going, but you can't figure out both at the same time. Marc

                          Thyme In The Country
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                            Josh Smith wrote:

                            I believe that only quantum computers are capable of generating truly random results.

                            Like an electron. You can glean what her current position is, or you can figure out where she's going, but you can't figure out both at the same time. Marc

                            Thyme In The Country
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                            Marc Clifton wrote:

                            Like an electron.

                            :laugh: Heisenberg must have been a married man!

                            :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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                              If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


                              Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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                              swjam
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                              If I had a billion dollar I'll hire developers to write software that will earn me another billion dollar. Each billion dollar earned will be invested to do the same. To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.

                              I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.

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                                If I had a billion dollar I'll hire developers to write software that will earn me another billion dollar. Each billion dollar earned will be invested to do the same. To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.

                                I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.

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                                Malcolm Smart
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                                Just make sure you trottle those devs...keep them on their toes...

                                "More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF

                                "I haven't spoken to my wife now for 48 hours. I don't like to interrupt her.

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                                  If I had 1 billion dollars, I'd hire a bunch of Americans to write software which does something. Something like detect my mood and play the appropriate music in my mansion.

                                  :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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                                  hairy_hats
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                                  Why not hire a bunch of musicians to play appropriate music live in your mansion?

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                                    Why not hire a bunch of musicians to play appropriate music live in your mansion?

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                                    Josh Smith
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                                    Steve_Harris wrote:

                                    Why not hire a bunch of musicians to play appropriate music live in your mansion?

                                    The musicians would have to follow me around as I walked through the estate. :doh:

                                    :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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                                      Steve_Harris wrote:

                                      Why not hire a bunch of musicians to play appropriate music live in your mansion?

                                      The musicians would have to follow me around as I walked through the estate. :doh:

                                      :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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                                      hairy_hats
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                                      Josh Smith wrote:

                                      The musicians would have to follow me around as I walked through the estate.

                                      That's OK, they could be installed on a movable platform pulled by unicorns.

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                                        Steve_Harris wrote:

                                        Why not hire a bunch of musicians to play appropriate music live in your mansion?

                                        The musicians would have to follow me around as I walked through the estate. :doh:

                                        :josh: My WPF Blog[^] Without a strive for perfection I would be terribly bored.

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                                        Colin Angus Mackay
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                                        Then hire a marching band. At least they'd have the skill to play and follow you at the same time.


                                        Upcoming FREE developer events: * Glasgow: Agile in the Enterprise Vs. ISVs, db4o: An Embeddable Database Engine for Object-Oriented Environments, Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services ... My website

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                                          If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?


                                          Work hard, Work effectively. Stock Pick

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                                          El Corazon
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                                          Yulianto. wrote:

                                          If you have billions dollar. What software will you build? Maybe OS, Email Server, Database system, anti virus. Which software do you think you have the chance to be #1 in the world?

                                          Personally I am not interested in being #1 in the world. I know that sounds silly, but I enjoy the challenges of R&D. Few people ever get rich on R&D. Chances are, with a billion dollars, I would use it to do SBIR work, which ironically pays you back. ;) Hey, I never said it would be wasted. SBIR work allows one to answer the most challenging questions to certain ... industries and interests. Then you have full rights to market it. I would hire someone to market it, I have no interest in marketting. But I love the challenge. It reminds me of a quote I saw from Einstein, "I love to travel, But hate to arrive." That is me, to some extent. Sure I like to arrive at some destinations, but even caving was less enjoyable once it was done than the adventure of the attempt itself. Each time I have to do "one more" because I can't just do the same thing. So the long answer is I would still be doing most of what i am doing now, just doing it for myself not another company.

                                          _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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