[Gllug] Re: Gates to get Knighthood!!! (Andrew Halliwell)

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 03:39:23PM -0000, David wrote:
> I'm sorry and I'll probably have millions of people shooting at me for this
> comment BUT - If it wasn't for Bill Gates PC's would not be as they are
> today, he is responsible for bringing computers to the masses.  And without
> cheap and readily available Intel x86 computers where would Linux be today?

Rubbish.  IBM and the clone manufacturers brought computers to the
masses.  Maybe you are too young to remember.

-- 
Bruce

If the universe were simple enough to be understood, we would be too
simple to understand it.
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