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The Register: Amazon refuses to pull Bill Gates’ review of Linux 7.0

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 27, 2001

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“Amazon.co.uk has refused to pull reviews of Red Hat Linux 7.0
Deluxe edition by Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds off its site
because they are not offensive.”

“Surprisingly, Bill Gates gave the software five out of five and
was so impressed that he vowed not to use Windows again. Linus
Torvalds, bizarrely, thinks very little of Red Hat’s latest version
and suggests people actually migrate to Windows. Incredible.”

“Of course, the reviews were written by jokers (and are pretty
funny, see below) but when this was pointed out to Amazon.co.uk
with the suggestion that they may wish to remove them, the company
claimed it would be “unfair to remove all reviews that were against
the products” and “we cannot remove reviews from our website unless
they are offensive.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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