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

[David Irvine]

On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 09:24, ae wrote:
> Don't know if anyone has read this yet but it's amusing to say the least.
> What worries me is that he may even genuinly believe the rubbish he comes
> out with.
> 
> >From SeattleTimes: "Gates said there's a role for free software alongside
> commercial software, but the open-source movement taken to its extreme would
> mean no software jobs or taxes paid by software companies, and it would mean
> companies such as Microsoft would not risk investing in advanced products.
> Gates also took some credit for the genesis of open-source software. He said
> Microsoft made it possible by standardizing computers: "Really, the reason
> you see open source there at all is because we came in and said there should
> be a platform that's identical with millions and millions of machines," he
> said."
> 

yes, of course, this should have been obvious by the consistancy in
design all the way through the whole range of M$ products, they have all
been designed to crash at regular intervals,  forcing people to look for
better alternatives. Oh and not to mention Bill Gates is really just
richard stallman without the mask. (Or worse... Who's your daddy?) 

All joking aside though, its quite scarey how deluding some of the
things gates and his evil army come out with,  and whats worse is that
no doubt he will get credit for it.

D
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134363780_microsoft
> 08.html
> 
> Anthony.
> 
> 
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