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:Asia Computer Weekly: Open Source Kills Jobs, Says Gates
Asia Computer Weekly: Open Source Kills Jobs, Says Gates
Jul 12, 2004, 02 :00 UTC (39 Talkback[s]) (8498 reads)

(Other stories by Jorina Choy)

"In muted tones, Microsoft’s chairman warned governments and companies that open source software is not the way to go if they are in the business of creating jobs and intellectual property.

"Bill Gates was on the Malaysian leg of a whirlwind Asian tour, which included a speech on his vision of 'seamless computing,' when he voiced his concerns over the growing goodwill towards open source, especially in Asia..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Why does Microsoft worry about developin ...   Hmmmmmm   
kelaklub
Jul 12, 2004, 02:19:58
 
Were it not that he's the richest fe ...   Mr. Gates is selected for extinction   
swtrrtdk
Jul 12, 2004, 02:30:39
 
Ah, Bill, tell that to Novell, Red Hat,  ...   huh?   
Trevanian
Jul 12, 2004, 02:40:00
 
Years a go, you have seen Bill Gate deba ...   IT will kill jobs   
Nam Xuan
Jul 12, 2004, 02:55:19
 
Bill is still repeating the same whiney, ...   Same old song   
JP
Jul 12, 2004, 03:02:58
 
Bill will save you from all that dirty m ...   don't worry   
LD
Jul 12, 2004, 03:04:57
 
Open source may be costing jobs in Redmo ...   Bill's Nonsense   
Jack Williamson
Jul 12, 2004, 03:56:14
 
Perhaps Mr. Gates, when speaking about t ...   Perhaps he is worried about his job   
David Sugar
Jul 12, 2004, 04:01:02
 
Nope, that's not really my field.  I ...   I could care less about jobs and intellectual prop   
bob
Jul 12, 2004, 04:04:11
 
Red Hat, Novell, IBM and others seem to  ...   Gates is just scared...   
Svartalf
Jul 12, 2004, 04:14:31
 
Monopoly kills jobs too, Billy!  ...   How about monopoly?   
Song Ching Koh
Jul 12, 2004, 05:01:43
 
Bill Gates is using the same argument th ...   Gates is a protectionist now   
Paul Eggert
Jul 12, 2004, 05:10:45
 
Open Source Kills Jobs, Says Gates... Mi ...   Open source creates jobs, all kind of jobs   
Thorndale
Jul 12, 2004, 05:19:58
 
OSS doesn't create or destroy jobs.  ...   OSS does kill jobs..@MS   
Alex Chejlyk
Jul 12, 2004, 05:39:55
 
Bill Gates is two faced whenever conveni ...   Rants About Chinese Theft and Soft Peddles There   
David D. Huff Jr.
Jul 12, 2004, 05:55:32
 
Monopoly kills jobs, kill enterprises, k ...   Monopoly kills jobs   
Michel
Jul 12, 2004, 06:46:19
 
> which included a speech on his vision  ...   Pervasive, eh?   
NeoSadist
Jul 12, 2004, 06:47:40
 
You guys just don't get it?. Indian  ...   BillG is right again   
SW
Jul 12, 2004, 07:17:37
 
someone hit that old man witha clue bat, ...   what the problem is?   
wina umodzi
Jul 12, 2004, 08:10:52
 
Open Source only kill MS's jobs,but  ...   Why Not?   
Ace
Jul 12, 2004, 09:00:46
 
> Putrajaya: In muted tones, Microsoft&# ...   *Putrajaya*?!   
R.L.
Jul 12, 2004, 09:50:55
 
Let's see, if Asian countries help m ...   Open Source and Jobs   
Don Whitbeck
Jul 12, 2004, 12:22:10
 
Years a go, you have seen Bill Gate deba ...   Re: IT will kill jobs   
horne
Jul 12, 2004, 12:46:31
 
Hey Bill if you want people to stop usin ...   For starters   
me
Jul 12, 2004, 13:17:46
 
With the above clarification, Bill is co ...   Open Source Kills (MS) Jobs, Says Gates   
david
Jul 12, 2004, 13:32:22
 
> OSS doesn't create or destroy jobs ...   Re: OSS does kill jobs..@MS   
SW
Jul 12, 2004, 15:11:57
 
can you truly describe linux as 'pre ...   Re: BillG is right again   
jim
Jul 12, 2004, 16:33:30
 
"At the roundtable, Gates, also Microsof ...   yegads   
jim
Jul 12, 2004, 16:37:43
 
Amazing how MS troll/shills continually  ...   Re: Re: OSS does kill jobs..@MS   
Rascalson
Jul 12, 2004, 16:55:21
 
> > OSS doesn't create or destroy jo ...   Re: Re: OSS does kill jobs./GB is right etc. - The   
Nicholas Donovan
Jul 12, 2004, 17:34:38
 
Windows is still king when it comes to n ...   Re: BillG is right again   
Jose
Jul 12, 2004, 18:08:55
 
Open Source software isn't written b ...   Why Open Source will kill M$ jobs   
Joe User
Jul 12, 2004, 19:38:26
 
Can't compete against Open Source?   ...   Re: Re: BillG is right again   
Sauron
Jul 12, 2004, 21:48:23
 
>  Bill forgot to say Open Source kills  ...   Re: Why Open Source will kill M$ jobs   
SW
Jul 12, 2004, 23:14:34
 
Instead of going into BG pocket every ye ...   Gate's Faulty Points   
Abe
Jul 13, 2004, 01:33:36
 
The last that I knew only about 2-4% of  ...   Small percentage killed only   
Jerry Davis
Jul 13, 2004, 01:42:08
 
>  > How can you say OSS isn't killi ...   Re: Re: Why Open Source will kill M$ jobs   
Christophe Grandsire
Jul 13, 2004, 08:06:59
 
I could have been clearer, but my point  ...   Re: Re: Re: BillG is right again   
Jose
Jul 13, 2004, 12:36:18
 
Inpired byhttp://www.theinquirer.net/?ar ...   Spoonfeeding M$ their own FUD   
Hans Christian Studt
Jul 14, 2004, 20:35:51
 
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