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Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Foreign Office to honour Bill Gates (with a knighthood). Microsoft or Bill Gates. I think Smithy, NY is off the mark. I, and I expect many in UKUUG and others in the world who advocate open systems, have _no hate_ for either
[January 27, 2004, 22:33]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Bill Gates is every bit as deserving of knighthood as Tim Berners-Lee, Harold Evans, and other "noble" people who came before Bill. Thus Bill Gates is no less deserving of knighthood. Yes, Bill Gates is a thief.
[March 2, 2005, 19:08]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback David Hallowell also claims : "Charles' comments are not anti Microsoft for the sake of being anti Microsoft, he's just stating that Bill Gates is not worthy of a knighthood, which based on his track record is a fair comment"
[January 27, 2004, 23:04]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback As I am no supporter of the monarchy, I'm indifferent to his knighthood. However, do not blame Bill Gates and his crew for the crassness of their software, blame the unimaginitive people who bought it.
[March 3, 2005, 10:00]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback As I am no supporter of the monarchy, I'm indifferent to his knighthood. However, do not blame Bill Gates and his crew for the crassness of their software, blame the unimaginitive people who bought it.
[March 3, 2005, 10:02]
EC Gets Stuck In To XP Embedded
Talkback I don't know why HMG though that Bill Gates deserved an honorary knighthood, but giving it to him certainly won't have hurt him of the firm. Quote: "I do not understand what gives the EU or any government the power to interfere with a private company.
[April 14, 2004, 18:51]
Signs Not Good For Microsoft In EU Case
News Despite Microsoft chairman Bill Gates picked up an honorary knighthood earlier this week, it looks like an EU investigation into the software company's anticompetitive behaviour is set to rule against Redmond's finest.
[January 28, 2004, 7:55]
Gongs For Geeks
Leader A knighthood makes sense, as did the £1m award last year from the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. Instead of Bill Gates, we have Clive Sinclair. Nerd, geek, boffin, techie, propellerhead: this is just some of the charming phraseology used by...
[January 28, 2005, 12:35]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Bill Gates' charity contributions were not the reason for his knighthood, it's good that he makes these donations but lets not forget how insignificant they are compared to his total wealth, it's like the equivalent of someone who's unemployed...
[January 27, 2004, 23:40]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback David Hallowell : "Bill Gates' charity contributions were not the reason for his knighthood, it's good that he makes these donations " The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is now endowed with to the tune of a staggering $25 Billion from Bill Gates...
[January 27, 2004, 23:58]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
News Other readers said they were put off the whole idea of getting a knighthood: "It's a bit like giving a Nobel Prize for Peace to G.W. Bill Gates may be the richest man in the world, but he is obviously not completely fulfilled -- at least, not until...
[March 2, 2005, 17:30]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback As for the Honours (Honoury Knighthood - Bill Gates), think of it as 4th prize in a beauty contest. So, the great British debate on why someone should not be recognised for acheivements. Although I personally think it makes no difference what you...
[March 3, 2005, 10:29]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback I congratulate Bill Gates for the first knighthood worth giving. I can't believe that the queen did this! This is outrageous! If I were president, I would fix this. Under the current inept presidency, this is only a foretaste of the future!
[March 3, 2005, 17:09]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback How much does a knighthood cost these days? Sorry Bill, Bill, can you feel the danger creaping under your bed? If the British empire wasn't already gone, this surely would have been the nail in the coffin.
[March 4, 2005, 16:46]
Europe And The US Philosophically Divided On Open Source?
News In the UK, Bill Gates has been given a knighthood, I can't imagine him getting a Légion d'honneur in France. Two years ago, the state of Oregon discussed a bill that would have mandated state agencies to consider open source software when deciding...
[November 8, 2005, 10:15]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Smithy I think you are merely a troll. You are the one who sounds like the fanatic round here, stick with the facts not opinions. Benchmarks: http://www.open-mag.com/features/Vol_66/TuxNET/TuxNET.htm Pretty close to be fair, the other benchmark is...
[January 30, 2004, 4:52]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback David Hallowell, it doesn't matter what the attachment is , if the operating system is being used by ordinary people, kids, old people, etc etc, they can and they will click on the attachment and run an "exe" file by mistake and end up installing...
[January 28, 2004, 2:09]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback David Hallowell : " have to say anyone who believes SCO's case is very misinformed of the facts" I have folowed the case closely, and I think SCO will win because they have the law and right on their side.
[January 28, 2004, 0:21]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback "This is especially inpressive given that he is now left with only $55 Billion according to Forbes magazine. Only? I hope he travelled Economy class over to the UK with that little money! So what if he's giving away 99% of his money in the future...
[January 28, 2004, 0:07]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Jonsaw : " Smithy, if the person who wrote the virus that attacked SCO is a Linux loon, then would it follow that the people who collaborated to attack the Debian server are all Microsoft goons? Nope.
[January 29, 2004, 20:36]
