Re: [newbie] Gates: 'Yer a bunch o' Commies'

2005-01-11 Thread Miark
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:12:25 +0100, Kaj wrote:

> > Well done Poland.
> 
> Indeed.  We can all show our gratitude here :
> 
> http://thankpoland.info/

Done!

Miark


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Re: [newbie] Gates: 'Yer a bunch o' Commies'

2005-01-11 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:26:02 -0500
JoeHill disseminated the following:

> Quote:
> 
> "Bill Gates is an intelligent man [wha?] who has done a great deal of good in
> the world. So when he gets caught out in a bare-faced lie this should matter
> to
> all of us; and last week, when he called the opponents of American
> intellectual
> property law a "communist" movement he was encouraging a mistake that could
> impoverish the entire world."
> 
> Link:
> 
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1387447,00.html

...and IBM cuts them off at the knees:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/10619848.htm?1c

Does everyone at IBM call each other 'comrade'?

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Re: [newbie] Gates: 'Yer a bunch o' Commies'

2005-01-11 Thread Graham Watkins
Kaj Haulrich wrote:
On Tuesday 11 January 2005 20:52, Graham Watkins wrote:
Well done Poland.

Indeed.  We can all show our gratitude here :
http://thankpoland.info/
Kaj Haulrich.
Done.  Thanks for the info.

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Re: [newbie] Gates: 'Yer a bunch o' Commies'

2005-01-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 11 January 2005 20:52, Graham Watkins wrote:
> JoeHill wrote:
> > Quote:
> >
> > "Bill Gates is an intelligent man [wha?] who has done a great
> > deal of good in the world. So when he gets caught out in a
> > bare-faced lie this should matter to all of us; and last week,
> > when he called the opponents of American intellectual property
> > law a "communist" movement he was encouraging a mistake that
> > could impoverish the entire world."
> >
> > Link:
> >
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1387447,00.html
>
> And from the same article:
>   "For the moment, the folly stops at the borders of Europe. An
> attempt to allow software patenting within the EU was halted last
> month by a Polish veto "
>
> Well done Poland.

Indeed.  We can all show our gratitude here :

http://thankpoland.info/

Kaj Haulrich.
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Re: [newbie] Gates: 'Yer a bunch o' Commies'

2005-01-11 Thread Graham Watkins
JoeHill wrote:
Quote:
"Bill Gates is an intelligent man [wha?] who has done a great deal of good in
the world. So when he gets caught out in a bare-faced lie this should matter to
all of us; and last week, when he called the opponents of American intellectual
property law a "communist" movement he was encouraging a mistake that could
impoverish the entire world."
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1387447,00.html
And from the same article:
 "For the moment, the folly stops at the borders of Europe. An attempt 
to allow software patenting within the EU was halted last month by a 
Polish veto "

Well done Poland.

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[newbie] Gates: 'Yer a bunch o' Commies'

2005-01-11 Thread JoeHill

Quote:

"Bill Gates is an intelligent man [wha?] who has done a great deal of good in
the world. So when he gets caught out in a bare-faced lie this should matter to
all of us; and last week, when he called the opponents of American intellectual
property law a "communist" movement he was encouraging a mistake that could
impoverish the entire world."

Link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1387447,00.html


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