Dear Gates, Ellison, Jobs

Dear GEJ,

We all know the names.

One of them a super geek, one a truly creative mind, one the supreme marketing being.

Two of them have been accused of stealing other's ideas. I have heard a table rumour that one of them left a library with material he perhaps shouldn't have. One they say was helped by his Aunt or a relative to negotiate a critical deal.

I wonder whether they have ever sat down together and if they were to have dinner what would they say?

The helped relaunch America's economic mights, they powered their companies forward for decades.

Now Bill is stepping down, whilst Larry and and Steve march on.

Who would you rather spend time with?

They are a remarkable triumvirate, they weren't the only key people to launch America's techno might many others played roles and ran or launched smaller companies, however, they were without doubt the must successful and prominent.

So what of America now these titans begin to step down? We look at google, however, i don't think it will be quite the revenue and job creating organization that the three former ones have been. I could be wrong and Google is certainly innovative, however the only tool from Google most people regularly use is the search engine, everything else is a small spin off.

America's skill has been its sheer chutzpa its ability to go for it, its entrepreneurial spirit, but however large a country however attractive it is to immigrants there are golden ages and remarkable people that arise in those ages. Sometimes it is simply in a period of time there are the opportunities and the right set of circumstances to allow creativity and dynamism to blossom, the 70s & 80s was that time in the US and we won't see it again to the same extent for a long time.

America will see more remarkable people in business, in science perhaps more remarkable than the three mentioned, however, they won't see the sheer number of creative entrepreneurs blossoming and powering forward the country to the same extent for a very long time.

So good-bye Bill, I dare say you were often annoying, perhaps not as much fun to have a beer with as Jobs, I could be wrong who knows, but damn you were from a remarkable time and you were a remarkable individual.

To you Larry, let's see you smile a bit more, i bet you're great to get drunk with unless you say the wrong thing I imagine you are a little moody, loyal but never to be crossed. You are an awesome businessman, truly awesome...

Jobs.. you're the creative one, perhaps a little arrogant sometimes but i imagine full of wisdom, but probably need knocking down occasionally too many people think you are too awesome. My guess is you are probably loyal and trusting but a little burnt.

Anyway guys as I sit here using your technology, giving you some money, you are a remarkable triumvirate and do yourselves a favor go out for a meal sometime as America won't see your like again for a very long time, if ever.