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:Bill Gates' Disdain for Open Source Even in Retirement
Bill Gates' Disdain for Open Source Even in Retirement
Apr 26, 2008, 00 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (6176 reads)

(Other stories by Mark R. Hinkle)

"Bill Gates steps down as the Chairman of Microsoft on July 1st to transition to full time philanthropic efforts with the Gates Foundation. However, I wonder how effective Bill will be other than writing checks. You see Bill's never played well with others.

  • "Microsoft v. United States
  • "Microsoft v. AOL (Netscape)
  • "Microsoft v. Apple
  • "Microsoft v. Sun

"At a speech on Monday for the Institute of Systems Biology he gave a speech followed by a Q&A session he reportedly answered one poor chap's questions on whether open source methodologies would be used in his research..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Thank God for Open Source. ...   Bill is a sick man, product of a sick ideology   
Mark
Apr 26, 2008, 00:40:31
 
word is that if you accept $$ from his f ...   and that is why his foundation does not allow OSS   
barney
Apr 26, 2008, 01:58:37
 
> Thank God for Open Source.God didn&#39 ...   Re: Bill is a sick man, product of a sick ideology   
brian
Apr 26, 2008, 02:39:00
 
that also concludes his definition of "d ...   nice spin on the word "free software"   
sillyxone
Apr 26, 2008, 03:10:15
 
I was going to talk about my disdain for ...   My distain   
Joe User
Apr 26, 2008, 07:44:00
 
Billy Gates is a product of unbridled Ca ...   Billy   
Neo
Apr 26, 2008, 15:33:13
 
Thank all those who contribute to open s ...   Re: Re: Bill is a sick man, product of a sick ideo   
krish
Apr 26, 2008, 19:22:09
 
From my understanding, William Henry Gat ...   a different angle...   
daniel
Apr 27, 2008, 14:58:16
 
Where's the punch line? You can' ...   Re: a different angle...   
barney
Apr 27, 2008, 21:03:22
 
BG's comment:"I think if you invent  ...   Re: Bill Gates' Disdain for Open Source...   
Codifex Maximus
Apr 28, 2008, 17:55:33
 
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