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198289 2003-12-08 05:35:00 Make sure you patent it ! A wonderfull "innovation" indeed ;) mark.p (383)
198290 2003-12-08 06:00:00 Amazing the tall poppy syndrome.
Bill Gates with his OS from DOS to XP is on something like 90% of the worlds computers.
He should be given respect not scorn.
If you dont think MS Windows is cool try shithouse Linux

Cheers
Tedheath
tedheath (537)
198291 2003-12-08 06:20:00 Language Ted, tut tut.

If you read the posts a little more carefully you'll find that Billy does get some backhanded compliments especially regards his personal success. Attacking Linux should not be a defence for Bill or MS although, I have seen sites expousing the joys and superiority of open source over a certain OS with just as much shallow arguement and error ridden prose as the aforementioned fan site.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
198292 2003-12-08 06:28:00 > Amazing the tall poppy syndrome.
> Bill Gates with his OS from DOS to XP is on something
> like 90% of the worlds computers.

85% according to the fan club.

> He should be given respect not scorn.

Some think otherwise and quite entitled to there opions. Quite a few toes have be tread in the PC industry by MS, hence antitrust trials and no real punishment set. I did post the link to "enlighten" folk.

> If you dont think MS Windows is cool try shithouse
> Linux

Lol

> Cheers
> Tedheath
mark.p (383)
198293 2003-12-08 07:03:00 I hate calm, rational, logical, people like you Murray P. lol. It makes pyscho nut cases like me very agitated.

tedheath
tedheath (537)
198294 2003-12-08 07:15:00 Its such a shame that more and more users are using Linux then isnt it.

And I dont hear of people having used Linux for the past 3 years now deciding to use Windows....

This is about Bill Gates, not slanging off at another OS.
Both have their strengths and weaknesses!
Chilling_Silently (228)
198295 2003-12-08 07:44:00 >>He should be given respect not scorn.
Oh great inventor of DOS... sorry he bought it off Seattle Computer Products didn't he.
Oh great inventor of NT --> Windows 2000 ---> XP... IBM had a large hand in that too.
Bill Gates is a smart man which I respect him for. Some of Microsofts business tactics are suspect at best which causes me concern.

>>try shithouse Linux
You are obviously using a different Linux to me... of course you exclusively use Windows cos 85-90% of the worlds PC's run it and therefore it is the best... (what blue screen!)
Dolby Digital (160)
198296 2003-12-08 08:24:00 I respect Bill for his motivation. I respect Bill for some of his dreams. I respect Bill for some of idealogy.

What I don't respect Bill for is some of his actions, and his methodology in carrying out business.
agent (30)
198297 2003-12-08 08:31:00 > What I don't respect Bill for is some of his actions,
> and his methodology in carrying out business.

Any examples?

Mike.
Mike (15)
198298 2003-12-08 08:32:00 Agreed!

Anybody else seen Antitrust the movie?

Rings a bell.. might not be that exteme, but gets you wondering..

I see the GNOME Foundation mentioned at the end of it too :D
Chilling_Silently (228)
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