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Ellison was a programmer. Benioff was a programmer too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Benioff#Career http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Benioff#Career Give
by abc_lisper 14y ago
Ellison was a programmer.
Benioff was a programmer too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Benioff#Career http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Benioff#Career
Given the position Microsoft was in 2000, when Mr.B took charge, I don't think their position could be much worse.
- apapli 14y agoTrue, but I expect all three spend a fair portion of their time selling nowadays. Sales is a collection of activities, not necessarily a full time role.
- thedufer 14y agoBut isn't the article about sales people starting businesses? Those people would undoubtably have been called programmers, not sales people, when they started (except Ballmer, who didn't start a company at all).
- apapli 14y agoAnd agree with your comment about Mr B, probably could have found a better example :)
- JanezStupar 14y agoAnd Balmer has certainly been around some leet techies enough to have a better understanding of technology than 3/4 of HN people.