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Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback I cannot help but chortle at the apoplectic "outrage" at Bill Gates. Good lord! Who are these people? What planet do they come from? Not the same one I live on. Millions of none techie people use computers everyday thanks only to Microsoft.
[March 3, 2005, 7:16]
Outrage at Symantec's OS X claims
News Symantec has sparked outrage by claiming on Monday that the operating system OS X was set to come under increased hacking and malware attacks. In its Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec said that Apple's userbase was more likely to come under...
[March 22, 2005, 13:55]
Outrage from LineOne customers over scrapped service
News LineOne's decision to scrap its unmetered service has led to outrage from customers who feel let down by the ISP. The unmetered service launched by LineOne at the end of March was cancelled Monday as the ISP decided it was "financially unsustainable".
[July 18, 2000, 7:01]
Outrage at Symantec's OS X claims
Talkback These people must serously be retarded. It would take a absolute retard to say something like that. It's just disgusting.
[April 11, 2005, 0:16]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback Somebody also wrote: 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 success and all those who slag him...
[March 3, 2005, 20:09]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback Somebody wrote: I think Sir William should be given more honours - how about making him Sheriff of Nottingham? No, I say. He would rather prefer being the Governor of Munich or Bergen :-) !
[March 3, 2005, 19:56]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback Peter, re: greetings cousins: More like open-source, really. The A/C system T. J. Bailey designed used warm air gathering plenums connected to a series of vertical ducts with dampers which, when opened , force the circulation of cooler air in the...
[March 3, 2005, 19:51]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback 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! These computer things are great!
[March 3, 2005, 17:09]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback 90% of this talkback was "Bill Gates might be a bastard but he helps with his money.He helps with AIDS. If 90% of the readers knew the truth behind Sir Gates backstabbing philanthropy then they would have one less reason to kiss his @$$!
[March 3, 2005, 16:57]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback This "passive, non-mechanical air conditioning.was it based on windows? Sorry -couldn't resist that.
[March 3, 2005, 16:39]
Outrage at Symantec's OS X claims
Talkback I use both Windows and Mac OS X, Mac OS X being my usability favorite by far. On neither system do I use Symnatec antivirus products and here is why: They catch the viruses after they are identified. Whoopi!
[March 24, 2005, 20:32]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback I believe many people are missing the main point, which is in essence, historic. To have an idea of how positive, or negative, Bill Gates' contributions to the world have been, the only thing you have to do is to imagine the world during the last...
[March 3, 2005, 15:47]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback Greetings cousin's. My great-grand father, T. J. Bailey, was an architect and faithfull servent to Queen Victoria. During his career he designed and oversaw the construction of hundreds of schools in England and implemented many innovative ideas...
[March 3, 2005, 15:29]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback Of the few pro-Gates talkbacks, most seem to miss the point that Bill Gates through Microsoft crushed a thriving industry. Yes, you can't buy a Intel-style desktop machine without MS Windows, but that's the result of the illegal, anit-competitive...
[March 3, 2005, 14:39]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback I think Sir William should be given more honours - how about making him Sheriff of Nottingham?
[March 3, 2005, 13:54]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback ".donated millions to charity. Whose millions is he generously donating? Whilst I am not denigrating the causes he supports, most individuals and companies would prefer to make their own choices for charitable donations rather than Sir Robin of...
[March 3, 2005, 12:50]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback "Still using an Apple 10 generations behind".that makes me laugh! I remember using an Apple Lisa computer (pre-runner of Mac) in 1985 - and it had graphical desktop (ok not great resolution), mouse, drag and drop trashcan etc.
[March 3, 2005, 12:26]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback To balance things out, Marj should make Scott McNealy a Knight of the Garter. Just a thought.
[March 3, 2005, 12:09]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback Paul mentioned one of the things I have to point out. Was Bill being knighted for services to humanity thanks to his charity work none of us would have a problem. The problem we have is that he's being knighted for abusing his monopoly.
[March 3, 2005, 12:03]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback The award was for "his outstanding contribution to enterprise". Are people seriously saying that he has not done this? Name some companies that have not been using Windows on a non-apple desktop in the last 10 years.
[March 3, 2005, 11:54]
