[Gllug] Gates, self proclaimed father of open-source

[Simon Stewart]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 01:52:45PM +0100, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 13:40, Simon Stewart wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 01:23:10PM +0100, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I vote for Linus Torvalds to play Luke Skywalker 
> > > > > (in the original Star Wars part III)
> > > > 
> > > > By extension:
> > > > 
> > > > Obi Wan Kenobi == RMS 
> > > > Darth Vader    == Billy Gates
> > > I think here you may want to consider that in the last episode Darth
> > > Vader was shown to have some good in him - I am not sure that this is
> > > entirely appropriate ;-)
> > 
> > Don't forget that BG does a lot of work for chariddy. He just doesn't
> > like to talk about it....
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Simon
> > 
> I know that many of the millions of pounds that he donates are tax
> write-offs.  
> 
> He donated a figure in excess of 20 million to libraries in the US. 
> What he actually donated was Windows licences, not cash.  This I do not
> see as a gift - just reinforcing his monopoly.  It was just the spin
> that was put on it.  
> 
> I would not be surprised if other sponsorships were similar.

Well, agreed, to BG the money is a tax write-off, but to the
beneficiaries, the money comes in handy and can be put to a good
cause.

And don't forget, the good that Darth Vadar did was essentially
selfish (saving the life of his own child....)

Cheers,

Simon

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