[crackmonkey] Last Night/Jerk's Perspective

[Chameleon]

I found this on the Web under "OSM" Admiral's log/dayrunner
something-or-other, honest!  I don't know, it kind of rambles and doesn't 
make much sense, but I thought at least Nick might find it interesting. 

Chameleon
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That's Chameleon with a Vengeance to You.


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Tues. Dec. 15

Went to BALUG meeting.  Wore stonewashed denim jacket so that any VCs
there would see that I dont always wear a suit and I know how to dress to
fit in with LUG community.  Also I find that its easier to get real
UNIX/Linux experts more comfortable in talking to me if I'm wearing 
stonwashed denim. 

No VCs there as far as I could tell but the table I was sitting at was
totally captivated by everything I said.  Talked a lot about Jim Gray
being one of the biggest programmers ever and how Microsoft pays him not
to program and how he confirmed to me over a year and a half ago that what
Microsoft really is afraid of is that Linux will come up with a world
class GUI.  Also talked a lot about my background in advising the
Secretary of Defense and McDonnell Douglas about Linux and working with a
highly maneuverable unmanned vehicle at China Lake.  I noticed there were
some Chinese or someother Asian people sitting to my right so I also
mentioned how I received a pin from a Chinese four-star General.  I could
see that they respected me for that.  I also talked about the OSM Group's
involvement in Linux--a lot of people there were surprized to learn that I
was the one responsible for popularizing the term "open source
software"--and I hinted about my new startup that I'm going to be CEO of,
how we're always looking for highly cogent people and top UNIX programming
talent.  All the people that I talked to were very impressed by my
knowledge of Linux and the industry and my leadership in business
development and that I can see that the critical window of opportunity for
Linux is six months.  Speaker from Mozilla.org talked about having a 50%
solution today is better than 99% solution next year the competitive
dynamic.  => That's a good one need to use that.

Was surprised that that company I used to do consulting for (only because
of tax purposes for all intents and purposes I was senior level
management) that I almost became CEO of got an award.  It doesnt mean
anything it's just because their current president pays some of those LUG
officer types to do business with him and they'll do anything to keep
their business.  I'm used to it by now that it's always only the high-lvel
people like VCs who really appreciate me and that I often have ideas that
make a lot of the Linux crowd uncomfortable and they think I'm the
Republican of Linux Land, also it's often the midlevel managers at
companies who just want to throw me out.  But as Steve Jobs or was it Bill
Gates' newest biography said, visionaries like me with great ideas need to
get used to making a lot of enemies along the way. 

Planted Katrin at that other table and she said they were all acting like
jerks, mostly something about how I invented fire or something.  Those
idiots, they're all so small, they're just kids, they don't realize that
they're totally replaceable that the other ones who weren't there really
like me and that I know the real huge Unix and IT guys and real marketing
executives who are much bigger than any of them plus those idiots are the
main reason standing between them becoming a $100 million dollar company. 
Even Kristen says so and she used to do M&As.  Plus I have all their
resumes. I decided I have more time for Kathrine now since business is
going a little slower for now and I also read in Bill Gates' biography
that its' important not only to be admired by women but also that letting
a woman love you is important in getting to the top getting to the top.

At the end I did manage to give an older gentleman I met, I could tell
even before talking to him that he's technically capable, a real UNIX
expert because of his age and he seems to know more than just an average
Linux hacker, I gave him my contact information. Think he might be
interested in working for OSM in the future, after we change our name and
get funding from John Doerr.  Made some other useful contacts, there are
alot of Linux people out there who don't know business like I do and who
could be part of something big with me, I'll just keep networking because
I know most of everyone I meet likes me, those small companies of Linux
amateurs shouldn't bother me, and this is really going to be big.  I'm
just going to keep going to LUG meetings and networking, because it's the
LUGs and the trade shows that are really key right now. Need to save this
journal entry because it's going to be important someday. 

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