Martyn wrote:
>> Is it just me, or did it rile anyone else that Mr Gates appeared on
Live8?
James wrote:
>To be fair to him, he has put his money where his mouth is
http://i-newswire.com/pr34487.html
I agree with James. If the article below
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-1673295_1,00.html
is to be believed it appears that Bill Gates is just as likely to be
found reading about immunology as software nowadays.
In his book "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?" Louis V. Gerstner Jr.,
former CEO of IBM is quoted as wanting to beat the competition and
phrases such as "beating the stuffing " out of someone and "ripping off
their face" are used by him. This shows the hard side of corporate
American 'culture', and no doubt Microsoft has succeeded in this
environment.
Just as the pop stars who appeared on Live8 would presumably be unhappy
to consider abolishing or shortening music copyright laws for the common
good, I presume Bill Gates would still be unhappy about having to "open
source" Windows, or reduce the onerous terms of his various software
licences.
Regards,
Mark
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