An Audience with Bill Gates - or - How Gate's Advice Matches And Contrasts With Free Software Ideals
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"Hear what Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates had to say during his last official visit to the UK before he 'retires' later this year. IT PRO attended the special event hosted by the Institute of Directors (IoD) and, after Gates had done his thing there was a Q&A session with the billionaire and industry figurehead." And also note how some of his answers match up rather nicely with F/OSS.
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Check out his answer to this question on page 6:
"Audience: You said that you have a lot of competition in the consumer space. When it comes to the corporate space (I should say I'm chief information officer of a law firm), you have very little competition for the basics. So Windows, I have no choice. Office, I have no choice and likewise all the corporates. That tends to inspire what you might call a slightly arrogant approach by some of Microsoft's people...Every other supplier I have either has changed [terms and conditions] or I fire them and they change them and then I re-engage them. I don't have that choice with you. Does that worry you in the least?"
Or this one on the last page:
"IoD: And is there one piece of advice for entrepreneurs on the way up?"
Sounds like the same reason that drives most of the F/OSS community. Full Story |
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