::nod:: fair enough. The foundation is largely responsible for the fact that you can pretty much count on being able to get on the internet in any given library now. That's a good thing, although it does tend to reinforce the Windows hold on the software market.
I remember WordPerfect.... it's that software package people used to buy until Word started coming with every computer. It may be as you say that Microsoft didn't copy them... it certainly cut the hell out of their market share though... Dana On Thu, 29 May 2003 12:30:57 -0400, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course this is slanted all to hell as it is. > > Much of it is true, but most of it is presented in the worst light. > > Reading this you may think that Apple invented window systems (they > didn't), that IE was a poor browser (it wasn't), that MS has never > innovated (it has) and that Gate's Foundation has done no good (it has). > > Also the "class" of software talk is just ridiculous: Word was copy of > WordPerfect? Word was released for Windows when WordPerfect was still a > (very nice) DOS-based app. Are all word processors "Copies"? Was > WordPerfect a copy of my beloved TI-Writer? > > The Foundation information is most interesting to me: he seems to forget > the basis of organization. The Foundation was set up by Bill (and is > run by his father) to be profitable. The fact that it took more in from > interest than it gave out in grants fits perfectly with the charter of > the organization. > > The foundation doesn't, as a rule, give humanitarian grants; it invests > it humanitarian-minded (mostly) technology ventures. For example the > foundation funds research into cheaper inoculation methods. This > research has great humanitarian potential but is definitely an > investment, not a gift. > > Am I defending MS and Bill? Perhaps - but only to the middle ground. > > MS is a corporation that has proven it's willing to use uncompetitive > practices to maintain its dominance (and this only because they beat > several other companies for the honor - including IBM, Sun and Apple). > It needs to be dealt with. > > But half-truths and unwarranted vilification need to be challenged. > > Jim Davis > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:47 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Bill Gates vs Michael Robertson >> >> Thank you for posting. Some of this I knew already from the Sun lists; >> some >> of it I remember. But I have never seen it put together that way and > that >> stuff about the Gates Foundation is quite new to me. And pretty scary. >> >> Dana >> >> On Wed, 28 May 2003 16:10:19 -0400, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > This is an interesting read: >> > >> > <http://www.lindows.com/lindows_michaelsminutes.php> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Jeffry Houser | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 >> > -- >> > My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> >> > -- >> > We Provide The Soundtrack to your Web: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> >> > -- >> > Original Energetic Acoustic Rock: <http://www.farcryfly.com> >> > We need one hundred fifty thousand dollars to promote our next CD >> > I'll take a check >> > >> > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
