Gates without Microsoft

Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankenship at bellsouth.net
Wed Jun 25 19:46:23 PDT 2008


At 02:22 PM Monday 6/23/2008, Jo Anne wrote:

>I've often thought that about him.  I have a friend who is married to a
>computer programmer, and she swears that he and a lot of programmers have
>Asbergers (sp?), and that's why they are such good programmers.



IOW, rather than admit that programmers have a "talent" (positive 
connotation) for programming, the suggestion is that they have a 
"syndrome" (negative connotation).  Spin much, anyone?


. . . ronn!  :)





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