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. 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]
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
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]
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. Earlier this year, the British Lapeyre, of the French tax agency, disagrees and claims the main reason for the difference in the French and...
[November 8, 2005, 10:15]
