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]
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 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. Bill Gates, though he steals from the poor and weak and...
[March 2, 2005, 19:08]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback I'm sure this Bill Gates guy did something good for the Enterprise.or else he wouldn't be getting a knighthood. I wouldn't clean toilets, but a Customary Engineer does, so I owe him something for that.
[March 4, 2005, 22:45]
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. Perhaps she should have sent him to the Tower instead: Microsoft is a convicted monopolist, as software engineer...
[March 2, 2005, 17:30]
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]
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]
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. The news this week that the creator of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, blew away all contenders to...
[January 28, 2005, 12:35]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback People just stick with the status quo and that is how Bill makes those billions. The only reason he gives to charity is to boost public opinion of him: He's got more money than he can spend so it's no loss to him.
[March 7, 2005, 8:47]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Thank goodness Bill is American, we do not need to call him Sir.
[March 5, 2005, 15:52]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback First of all you would be using a crappy Apple computer 10 generations behind if it wasnt for Bill, and the BILLIONS (Yes, that much) that he has donated to feed, immunize the poor and to research centres has earned him 10 flimsy knighthoods.
[March 3, 2005, 9:06]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback If we accept that everyone ows to Bill Gates, then Billy boy should be grateful to IBM, for letting him bugger them over because they did not have an OS. Somebody also wrote: come of it - instead of slogging him try an do something yourself and...
[March 3, 2005, 20:09]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Its time everyone starts respecting Bill Gates - come of it - instead of slogging him try an do something yourself and develop a company as big as Microsoft. Today the development of PC and its related industries is all related to Microsoft...
[March 3, 2005, 10:38]
