[SC.LUG] Bill Gates to be Knighted?

[David Holden]

On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 8:19 pm, Jason Lucas wrote:
> According to the Telegraph
> (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/25/ngates25.x
>ml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/25/ixnewstop.html) (& reported on slashdot), Bill
> Gates is apparently due for a Knighthood. Presumably this will be part of
> the terms and conditions for Newham Council's budget M$ deal that displaced
> Linux as a contender for the Council's desktop environment. If other
> councils follow suit, does that mean that Gates will be made next in-line
> for the throne?
>
> Can you image it - Long Live King Bill Gates III!
>
> ttfn
>
> Jason.
>
>


It would just prove what a joke the honours are - its all about patronage.

 Dave.


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