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Story: Ballmer and Gates are quitters, says Sun boss

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What arrogance and elitism.

Contrary to McNealy's snide arrogance, history is littlered with very successful people who have contributed great things to mankind who had not had one let alone two university degrees.

I think he's sensitive to the rather obvious fact that even with his eduction, he's running a second-rate company that's barely staying above water while two 'univerdity drop outs' have managed to create the world's most successful and wealthy software company.

Let's not forget that two other university drop-outs created one of the most influential computer hardware companies: Apple.

Creative people often find it difficult enduring the mechanical, rote learning style many universities inflict on undergraduate students and decide to leave to pursue their interests on their own. That almost always takes more courage and work than kowtowing to the curriculae and waltzing out with a meanless average degree knowing very little about real world problems yet thinking that they'll have an easier time getting a higher paying job.

Cheers

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