Bill Gates On Linux

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 1, 2003 @04:19AM from the stuff-to-read dept.

King-of-darkness writes "USA Today had an interview with Bill Gates on june the 30th. Gates seems to be considering Linux as a passing thru competition just like OS/2., and That Microsoft are the ones that keep pushing new technologies."

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Typical by cageyjames · 2003-07-01 04:19 · Score: 5, Funny

(-1) for Bill Gates for being a Troll
1. Re:Typical by Uatu · 2003-07-01 04:30 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  (-1) for Bill Gates for being a Troll
  
  Does this means I can actually ignore the article and not feel guilty when I post about it ?
  
  Great! That's a first...
2. Re:Typical by ThrasherTT · 2003-07-01 04:51 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  (-1) for Bill Gates for being a Troll
  
  A troll. Literally. See page 120 in the 3E Monster Manual.
  
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3. Re:Typical by geekee · 2003-07-01 05:09 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Isn't posting about the article responding to a troll? Shame on all of you. :-)
  
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4. Re:Typical by jnana · 2003-07-01 09:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yeah, I believe Bill Gates when he says 'trust me, i never said it.' I mean, he is an honest non-megalomaniacal guy who's not given to distorting reality in whatever way is convenient at the moment.
  Back to surfing the web with WinME, "the greatest user os ever built".
new? by kmac06 · 2003-07-01 04:20 · Score: 5, Funny

...and That Microsoft are the ones that keep pushing new technologies. This is obviously some use of the word 'new' with which I am not familiar.
What did you expect? by FortKnox · 2003-07-01 04:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Lets see, chief shareholder of MS (which competes with Linux), in a PR interview claims that they are better, and linux will go away.

What do you expect people? Bill Gates annouces that Linux is pretty damn good and may give it a whirl, in other news MS stock drops 50%.

This is just bait to get you guys all riled up. Welcome to PR.

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Yeah.... by TedTschopp · 2003-07-01 04:22 · Score: 4, Funny

They keep bring us new stuff like MS-Bob.... and Clippy... and...

Oh I don't want to have all the fun, you can come up with some...

What other new innovative things has Microsoft done that really were flops.

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Microsoft's WMD by Alpha_Nerd · 2003-07-01 04:25 · Score: 4, Funny

Microsoft's secret weapon of mass destruction: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3
Re:Uhm, yeah. by bstadil · 2003-07-01 04:26 · Score: 4, Funny

or thought that a real breakthru would be an algorithm to factor large PRIME numbers.

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Dear Bill by Spackler · 2003-07-01 04:28 · Score: 4, Funny

Bill,

I am using Linux. Send me 8 copies of 2003 Advanced Server (under the GPL of course) for the same price, and I will be happy to switch.

spack
1. Re:Dear Bill by PDHoss · 2003-07-01 04:40 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Dear Spack,
  
  Thanks for writing. I'll get your software in the mail right away; I just need your mailing address.
  
  Oh, never mind, here it is in my SQL box, right here next to your SSN, your home phone, your shopping habits, your mothers maiden name, your dog's favorite food, and a complete catalog of your web surfing history.
  
  MidgetsInLeather.com? Come on, spack.
  
  Love, Bill.
  
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The Ultimate Dupe? by TrollBridge · 2003-07-01 04:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Now I haven't read Slashdot forever, but how many articles throughout /. history do you suppose were titled "Bill Gates On Linux"?

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I liked this part by missing000 · 2003-07-01 04:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Bill Gates: Well those are our current competitors. I mean, it's no different than in the past people used [IBM's operating system] OS/2.

USA TODAY: Nobody used OS/2.
Re:This is USA Today by seanmeister · 2003-07-01 04:31 · Score: 4, Funny

And just to prove it, there's a big banner ad running on top of the article for the eMode IQ test...
Microsoftie English by pubjames · 2003-07-01 04:32 · Score: 5, Funny

I love the bizarre way Microsofties speak.

Normal person: Hey, like your hair cut Bill!

Bill: Thanks. I'm super-serious about my hair. Before it was totally random but now I'm totally dedicated to getting serious about it. My hair has my 100% committment and I'm going to be super-concentrating on that from now on.
1. Re:Microsoftie English by Enry · 2003-07-01 04:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Don't you worry about my hair, let me worry about blank.
Bill Gates = HULK by Jonny+Ringo · 2003-07-01 04:37 · Score: 4, Funny

BeoWoof Clustar? When Gates don't understand GATES SMASH!
FIRST USE OF NEW JARGON by fsmunoz · 2003-07-01 04:50 · Score: 5, Funny

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. (Mahatma Gandhi)

It's the GhandiCon!!!! THE GHANDICON!!! Everybody knows the GHADICON!!! So, where are we in the GHANDICON? Uh? Uh? Why didn't you said the GhandiCon? It would have beem simpler AND EVERYBODY USES IT NOW!!!

Ph4t Pr0ps to the GhandiCon!

(cf ESR Recasts Jargon File in Own Image)
"Bill Gates On Linux" by N+Monkey · 2003-07-01 04:53 · Score: 4, Funny

"Bill Gates On Linux"
Is he running as an emulation or natively coded?
Anyone else read subject and think.... by Bombcar · 2003-07-01 04:56 · Score: 4, Funny

Damn! They done ported Bill Gates to Linux!

Ahh, he probably needs a P4 4.4GHz to run though....

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Re:Extremely ironic... by tuxathon · 2003-07-01 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't you know: Microsoft invented TCP\IP (backslash intended), text editors (vi is a clone), and 3D grapics (OpenGL stole Mr. Gates idea). Microsoft is the real victim here. If the rest of the world would simply respect their prowess, stop reverse-engineering their products, and sell their ideas to them, we would all be happy.

Must ... not ... gag ...
Passing through, alright by jlowery · 2003-07-01 05:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Passing through like the stake in a vampire's heart.

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We missed a chance??? by HarveyBirdman · 2003-07-01 07:18 · Score: 4, Funny

You mean Gates was sitting still for an interview, and no one thought to send a strike team or even a cruise missile? The spectre of this guy still haunts people. No one can move on because they think he might be lurking just around the next corner ready to exact retribution for abandoning him and his regime. What the He- Oh, wait. I'm thinking of Hussein. Never mind.
Wait. You mean *Gates* was sitting still for...

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Summary by batkins · 2003-07-01 08:13 · Score: 4, Funny

Let's be serious - he's in denial.