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Love it - one of the world's richest people, and his site is built using Word
by kibibu 12y ago
Love it - one of the world's richest people, and his site is built using Word
- sebastianavina 12y agoas far as we know, it could be written in emacs org mode.
- icebraining 12y ago<meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18828">
- akx 12y agoWell, then they've gone to some lengths to make it look like it's not. > <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18828">
- onion2k 12y agoA website is a marketing operation. BerkshireHathaway don't really need to do marketing because they're more a legal entity for the purpose of organising things efficiently rather than a business with customers.
- mohawk 12y agoThe marketing of that website is that they don't waste money.
- cameldrv 12y agoIt's all part of the image. Buffett gets a lot of miles out of the (authentic or not) aww-shucks folksy homespun image. He can do questionable deals and still not have his integrity questioned, and it's disarming in negotiations, in which, Buffett is as tough as they come.
- Spooky23 12y agoThe image is a funny mix of contrasts. In the 90s, he was living in a $100-200k home that he had lived in for 30 years and drove a pickup truck or crown Vic. But he travelled in a Gulfstream!
- atlbeer 12y agoOne makes him money, the other's are expenses.
- throwawaymsft 12y agoYes, but he calls the jet "The Indefensible" :). Someone of his position shouldn't be waiting in line and taking off shoes at the airport every time he needs a meeting. He owns dozens of companies. http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewstibbe/2011/09/22/warren-buffeett-jet/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewstibbe/2011/09/22/warren-...
- lotsofmangos 12y agoSimilar to the personal websites of scientists. They are generally a tour-de-force of content over style.