I'm sorry, but Bill Gates would be a terrible choice. He would monopolize on his position to give Microsoft an even larger edge. Bill Gates knows how to exploit the market; he isn't a modern techie that we would want in a CTO position. I don't know of anyone who I would recommend, but certainly not Gates or Ballmer.
Cheers, Teran On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 08:23, Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks like a job for Super-Paul. > > Seriously, though, as Public Relations Director for the US Metric > Association, Paul is the ideal one to put out a press release on this. > > I don't know how realistic it is, at this stage, to say we're a few points > from being in fourth place. As I write this, we're 171 points behind fifth > place and 336 votes behind fourth place. I think it's very good -- and very > newsworthy -- that we're in the top ten. In fact, as the seventh-place > proposal is well behind us (by over 1000 votes), I think our sixth place is > probably assured. So, Paul could certainly say we're sixth. > > Now awaiting Paul's reaction. > > Bill > ________________________________ > Bill Potts > WFP Consulting > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Pat Naughtin > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 23:03 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:42008] RE: names mentioned in the news as candidates for CTO > > Dear All, > On 2008/11/21, at 3:56 PM, Mike Millet wrote: > '… our metric topic on obamacto seems to need only a hundred points to be in > fifth place and then a couple hundred more to be in fourth :).' > This looks like it has the possibility to be a great news story. Maybe now > is the time to generate media releases in your area that say something > about: > 1 The metric system is only a few points from being in fourth place on the > Chief Technical Officer (CTO) list of important issues. > 2 Following the inauguration of Barack Obama, the metric system could be > high on the list of issues for the new presidency. > 3 Something about possible candidates for the position of CTO: Jeff Bezos > from Amazon, Vint Cerf from Google, Bill Gates from Microsoft, Bill Joy from > Sun Microsystems, or Eric Schmidt from Google. > 4 Some positive thoughts on what the metric system will mean for the USA. > You might like to think about the savings to be made and the possibilities > for international cooperation and trade. > Cheers, > Pat Naughtin > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > Geelong, Australia > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands > each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian > Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the > UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication > information, contact Pat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to get > the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go > to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. >
