Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback How much does a knighthood cost these days? If the British empire wasn't already gone, this surely would have been the nail in the coffin. A few questions: Has the Queen been checked for alzheimers? Perhaps she thinks Gates is her long lost son.or...
[March 4, 2005, 16:46]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Bil Gates still gets his Knighthood and the "Hate Microsoft" psychos will be forced to choke on their own bile yet again! It has zero credibility, and it will have about as much effect on the British Goverment as an eunoch has on a virgin.
[January 27, 2004, 19:20]
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]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
News The UK Unix User Group is up in arms at the prospect of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates receiving an honorary knighthood. Following the news that the Microsoft founder, who is the world's wealthiest man, will receive an honorary knighthood for...
[January 27, 2004, 14:55]
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]
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]
Here Today, Gong Tomorrow For 'Sir' Bill Gates
News Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is set to receive an honorary knighthood from the Queen, in recognition of his services to global enterprise. The Foreign Office announced early on Monday that Gates -- the software superstar who puts the Bill into...
[January 26, 2004, 8:35]
BT Chief Steps Down
News Verwaayen has also been awarded a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur by the French government and been honoured in his home country with the Order of the Netherlands Lion, or Oranje-Nassau, which is the equivalent of an British knighthood.
[April 8, 2008, 17:06]
Gongs For Geeks
Leader A knighthood makes sense, as did the Ł1m award last year from the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. This time, a techie isn't just being recognised just for being smart, but has been singled out as the finest example of all things British.
[January 28, 2005, 12:35]
Rake To Succeed Bland At BT Helm
News Rake, who acquired his knighthood in the most recent New Year Honours List, will succeed Sir Christopher Bland as head of the incumbent British telco in September. BT has named Sir Michael Rake, the current chairman of accountancy giant KPMG, as...
[February 19, 2007, 15:33]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback And there are no little green men from Mars being used by Microsoft to brainwash the British into using Microsoft products either. Microsoft won the British PC market fair and square. adebayo omo-dare asserts that : "one would say that...
[January 29, 2004, 19:22]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback What someone needs to do is beat billy up and take his undeserved medal away so that honorable british citizens can avoid the task of creating a new untarnished honorable award for those who deserve the recognition
[March 3, 2005, 4:18]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Aren’t we missing the obvious, the honour is “Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire”. Wasn’t the British Empire a monopolistic empire bent on taking over the world and imposing it’s own standards.
[March 4, 2005, 8:59]
