Quotes on which to dwell
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| tadelste Aug 17, 2005 12:32 PM EDT |
"We are going to cut off [Netscape's] air supply. Everything they're selling, we're going to give away for free." BILL GATES "... about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade." -BILL GATES Look at the middle of the article: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-212942.html |
| Abe Aug 17, 2005 3:45 PM EDT |
Amazing stuff Tom, I don't know how you dig out this stuff! What is astonishing is that, there are lots of people who still believe that MS could change and become a good citizin. How gullible they are. $50 billions and counting. I wonder whether those rich guys know of couple sayings. "The last shirt has no pockets" (I think it is German) and the other for those who believe , "no one takes along a thing but their deeds". |
| tadelste Aug 17, 2005 6:05 PM EDT |
Your last statements fit so well. Some people have the good fortune to learn it before the last minute. One person asked, " Have you ever seen a u-haul trailer at a funeral?" |
| tuxchick Aug 17, 2005 6:32 PM EDT |
I like the maroons in various forums (sorry, no links, I'm feeling lazy) who praise BillG's philanthropy. Like that excuses his horrible business practices, sheesh. |
| Koriel Aug 18, 2005 12:52 AM EDT |
One of those maroons was my brother who couldn't understand how i held such distaste towards BillG as he was praising all Bill's "charity work". I had to go and set him straight on a few points, if this sort of thing was taken to its logical extreme it would be like saying Hitler was an ok guy and shouldn't of been treated in such a harsh manner as he made hefty donations to the catholic church. All the information about Bill is out there but it seems that the majority of people are just to lazy to go find it. |
| PaulFerris Aug 18, 2005 1:14 PM EDT |
As a prior journalist, I used to keep a book of things like the above Tom quote -- it was amazing to me the stuff that Gates said in public and got away with. For example, one time, speaking to the Korean press, he directly stated that Microsoft's only competition was itself -- that they had no competition. I went googling for it one day for a follow-up article (the link I had saved was dead, jim). I finally found it from a second-hand reference. Then theres' his congressional testimony, where he lied and said "Prices have come down" -- referring of course to the fact that PC prices have fallen -- no congressman at the time asked him the direct, unanswerable "Whos' prices have come down, Bill?". The problem is complex in nature. Microsoft has a ton of money with witch to lobby not just congress, but the American citizen directly through commercials and the like. By projecting the right image, they hope to undo reality. Of course, you can twist perception -- but reality won't budge... |
| tadelste Aug 18, 2005 9:25 PM EDT |
Paul, just to build on your points, Sam and I have discussed the "charities" to whom Gates donates. Interestingly, he tends to give money with strings attached - such as to countries that will buy products from Microsoft's biggest customers. That's a sorta, kinda way to refund some license fees with tax free dollars. Then we find donations of Microsoft software from the Gates foundation. I thought the $300,000 he and Michael Dell each gave to Tom DeLay's foundation had some political crust on it. Let's just say he uses his money effectively. |
| Koriel Aug 19, 2005 12:07 AM EDT |
"Let's just say he uses his money effectively" Damn your to polite :) |
| dinotrac Aug 20, 2005 4:25 AM EDT |
Quoting: I thought the $300,000 he and Michael Dell each gave to Tom DeLay's foundation had some political crust on it. Especially when you consider that he is a registered Democrat! |
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