This Man Wants To Eat Your Lunch

Years ago when Lotus, Microsoft and Borland were battling for supremacy for Office suites, posters appeared in the Lotus cafeteria with pictures of Bill Gates and Philippe Kahn. Below each image was the tag line:

This Man Wants To Eat Your Lunch

I guess we were supposed to be motivated to work harder — to avoid letting Microsoft Office or Borland Office eclipse Lotus SmartSuite. But the posters were pretty silly especially since, at that point, the food in the Lotus cafeteria was mediocre. Many of us thought that if Bill or Philippe really wanted our lunch, he could have it.