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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. I came to this conclusion just recently, having assisted a...
[March 2, 2005, 19:08]
BT Chief Steps Down
News He is well-placed to accept a governmental role, having been honoured in three countries including the UK, where he has received an honorary knighthood for services to communications. Verwaayen has also been awarded a Chevalier de la Legion d...
[April 8, 2008, 17:06]
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]
Sir Tim
News Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year honours list. The knighthood is recognition that this dream has been realised. Responding to the honour, Sir Tim said it was an acknowledgement that the Net was...
[December 31, 2003, 10:10]
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]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Bill Gates is in town, picking up his knighthood and probably laying down the law over all this open-source silliness. Tuesday 27/1/2004 He's even found time to give a quick interview: not to a journalist or other professional cynic but to Julian...
[January 30, 2004, 15:10]
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]
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]
Here Today, Gong Tomorrow For 'Sir' Bill Gates
Talkback I was delighted to read that Tim Berners-Lee was to receive a knighthood in the New Year's Honours list. My reaction to the announcement that Bill Gates will too was the polar opposite. There's no doubt that his influence has been immense but at...
[January 26, 2004, 9:19]
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 " I will just refer you to the official Number 10 Downing Street announcement at : http://www.number-10.gov.uk...
[January 27, 2004, 23:58]
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]
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
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]
FSF: Microsoft's Attack On EC Is 'outrageous'
Talkback On top of all this, he is awarded the knighthood by the Queen. The position adopted by Microsoft all through is nothing new. The tactics of every PC leaving the shop floor loaded with windows and killing innovation by adopting it into the windows...
[February 22, 2006, 5:21]
Gongs For Geeks
Leader A knighthood makes sense, as did the £1m award last year from the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. Nerd, geek, boffin, techie, propellerhead: this is just some of the charming phraseology used by the popular press to describe those of us with...
[January 28, 2005, 12:35]
Berners-Lee Wins €1m Prize
News Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has received some cash to go with the glory of this year's award of a knighthood. He is the first recipient of the €1m Millennium Technology Prize awarded by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation, which is the...
[June 21, 2004, 16:10]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback 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. Smithy, I can say that this user group is not rapidly...
[January 27, 2004, 21:48]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Why do you Poms moan so much? Bill Gates should have been made Lord Gates of The New World. He has brought so much to so many people in the world but all you moaning little creeps can think about is the nagative aspects.
[February 1, 2004, 21:08]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Adebayo Omo-Dare : "One guesses that this is one of the things that separate us, you being gleefully and totally dependent on Microsoft. Selections all depend on if you want to be more of a producer than a consumer.
[January 31, 2004, 16:14]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback I agree: Why should the founder of an aggressive monopoly be praised? Yes, the software is good (on the whole) but even if another company produced better they could not break the control that microsoft has over the market.
[March 7, 2005, 8:47]
