JoeHill wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:35:06 -0400
Miark disseminated the following:
Bill Gates praised China's leaders, who have mixed market
economics with rigid political control. "It is a brand new form
of capitalism, and as a consumer it's the best thing that ever
happened," he said.
The "best thing"? Oh, that's rich. That slimy piece of worm-
ridden filth.
LOL! You might not want to read this one then:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1387447,00.html
This is the best bit (IMO):
"No law of nature says that companies have to stay profitable just because they
were in the past. This is a problem for the whole software industry, but the
solution Gates favours is bad for all of us. This is to get governments to
supply the missing law and to ensure that Microsoft and other large companies
will be profitable for ever, at the expense of any smaller, newer, hungrier
ones. Software will be protected not just by copyright, but by patents. This
makes about as much sense as patenting jokes."
I like their non-too-sympathetic blogs review at:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2005/06/16/beijings_bitch.html#more
"Bray was not alone, /writes Toby Manhire/, in condemning the US company
for agreeing to "be Beijing’s bitch to buy some bloggers"."
and the comment:
"It is confirmation of Microsofts unscrupulous business practices.
Ethics is obvioulsly a word Bill Gates has had no problem banning upto
now so why would he care banning other words that describe a decent
moral standing, and from a third of the worlds popultation no less. The
extremity of his evil is almost biblical. Microsoft and the regime in
China deserve one another. Unfortunatly the Chinese dont deserve either."
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