[Fsfe-uk] Re: M$ jump on the poverty bandwagon

[Mark Preston]

Martyn wrote:
>> Is it just me, or did it rile anyone else that Mr Gates appeared on 
Live8?

James wrote:
>To be fair to him, he has put his money where his mouth is 
http://i-newswire.com/pr34487.html

I agree with James. If the article below
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-1673295_1,00.html
is to be believed it appears that Bill Gates is just as likely to be 
found reading about immunology as software nowadays.
In his book "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?" Louis V. Gerstner Jr., 
former CEO of IBM is quoted as wanting to beat the competition and 
phrases such as "beating the stuffing " out of someone and "ripping off 
their face" are used by him. This shows the hard side of corporate 
American 'culture', and no doubt Microsoft has succeeded in this 
environment.
Just as the pop stars who appeared on Live8 would presumably be unhappy 
to consider abolishing or shortening music copyright laws for the common 
good, I presume Bill Gates would still be unhappy about having to "open 
source" Windows, or reduce the onerous terms of his various software 
licences.

Regards,
Mark