Peter, Dolby was NOT a con man. His contributions had great merit. Jerry "Peter K." wrote: > Hey Jerry, > > How abour Ray Dolby? Today he became a billionaire after his comany > went public. Ahhh, capitalism is indeed a wonderful thing. Wonder if > he uses rolleis? > > Peter K > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:22:45 -0800, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wro= > te: > > Austin, > >=20 > > He was a successful huckster. > >=20 > > His outside noise canceling headphones are great on > > long airplane flights. > >=20 > > Jerry > >=20 > > Austin Franklin wrote: > >=20 > > > > > You left out Mr. Bose. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I heard Dr. Bose speak before the local section of the > > > > Audio Engineering Society nearly forty years ago. He > > > > described a method of measurement using sparks as the source > > > > of impulse signals. He intimated that this was used in > > > > testing his, then new, Bose speaker system. It was not. His > > > > speakers actually sounded pretty good until compared with a > > > > genuinely good system. Nothing he did was new, most of it > > > > was hype. > > > > > > Still true today. > > > > > > Austin > >=20 > >=20 > > --=20 > Peter K > =D3=BF=D5=AC